THERE IS A SILVER LINING FOR TRUMP ON
THIS, BUT HE CERTAINLY SEEMS OBLIVIOUS TO THAT.
HE LOOKS LIKE
HE'S GOING OUT HERE AND GOING, WELL, WHY DIDN'T THE DEMOCRATS
VOTE WITH ME?
IF YOU ARE A TRUMP SUPPORTER, THINK ABOUT THAT FOR
A SECOND.
IS HE SO SIMPLE THAT HE THOUGHT, BUT THE OTHER GUYS
WHO I'VE YELLED AT AND INSULTED AND IT IS THEIR LEGISLATION AND
THEY ARE SUPER PROUD OF IT, WHY DON'T THEY JUST VOTE FOR ME?
IF
YOU THINK THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON IN HIS HEAD, THEN YOU THINK
HE IS DUMBER THAN I THINK HE IS.
YOU THINK THAT IS A PAINFULLY
DUMB GUY.
WHY DIDN'T THE GUY I HATE VOTE WITH ME?
I WAS TRYING
TO KILL IT.
OR HE LOST, AND HE IS A CRYBABY.
IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER.
I LOVE HOW HE SAID THE DEMOCRATS LOST, IN THE SAME WAY
THAT TOM BRADY AND THE PATRIOTS LOST.
ALSO HE USES ADJECTIVES AS
NOUNS, IF WE COULD GET SOME BIPARTISAN ON THIS.
THERE'S
ANOTHER -- YOU HAVE TO SAY SUPPORT, BIPARTISAN IS THE
MODIFIER OF SUPPORT, IT'S NOT A FUCKING NOUN.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S LIKE A SMART PERSON.
HE'S LIKE A SMART.
YOU KNOW WHY THIS BUILDING WORK, IT'S BECAUSE THE TAGLINE
FOR IT, OR HOW THEY WERE TRYING TO SELL IT, IS IF YOU HAVE AN
UNAFFORDABLE ILLNESS YOU CAN'T PAY FOR, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR
UNAFFORDABLE ILLNESS YOU CAN'T PAY FOR.
AND TO FINISH THESE ANALOGIES, IT'S LIKE THE FALCONS COMING OUT
IN THE POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE SUPER BOWL GOING, I
DON'T GET IT, WHY DIDN'T THE PATRIOTS HELP US WIN?
IT'S THEIR
FAULT.
TOM BRADY IS SUCH A LOSER, HE DIDN'T HELP ME WIN THE
SUPER BOWL.
IF HE WANTS TO GET CIVILIZED AND HELP US RUN SOME BETTER
PLACE, I'M OPEN.
WHAT YOU TEASED THAT THERE IS A SILVER LINING.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
NOW I'M READY TO SHOCK THE WORLD.
ARE YOU READY TO GET
SHOCKED?
THERE IS A SILVER LINING FOR DONALD TRUMP IN THIS
OTHERWISE GIGANTIC FAILURE OF TRUMPCARE, AND IT'S THIS.
AT
SOME POINT, SOMEBODY HAD TO DRAW THE LINE WITH THE KOCH BROTHERS.
IT TOOK A GIANT LOSS FOR TRUMP TO DO IT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT
HE CAN RECOVER FROM THAT LOSS BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION
AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL DAY IN OUR COVERAGE OF THIS
BILL, BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED, WHY DID HE DRAW THE
LINE ON FRIDAY AND SAY YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR IT, I DON'T
CARE, YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR IT?
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE VOTES,
WHY DO THAT?
THAT ACTUALLY IS NEGOTIATING TO SOME DEGREE, AND
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
BECAUSE THE KOCH BROTHERS ARE NOT
APPEASABLE.
THEY PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING IF YOU WILL
TRUMP WE WILL SPEND MONEY AGAINST YOU, IF YOU ARE WITH US
WE WILL SPEND MONEY FOR YOU.
THAT'S A HEAVY THREAT, TRUMP
SAID OKAY, FINE, AND CONCEITED A LOT OF STUFF TO THE FREEDOM
CAUCUS.
WE WILL MAKE IT MORE RIGHT-WING.
AND THE FREEDOM
CAUCUS SAID NO, IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH.
SO TRUMP HAD TO DRAW THE
LINE AND SAY HEY, KOCH BROTHERS, YOU COULD PLAY THIS GAME WITH
OBAMA ALL DAY LONG, BUT I'M DRAWING THE LINE NOW BECAUSE YOU
WOULDN'T COME TO A DEAL, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OBAMACARE.
ARE
YOU HAPPY NOW?
SO WHEN HE SAYS DEMOCRATS, COME BACK TO THE
TABLE, HE DOESN'T MEAN IT.
HE MEANS KOCH BROTHERS, YOU COME
BACK TO THE TABLE.
BECAUSE UNTIL YOU DO, WE WILL HAVE OBAMACARE.
NOW I'M DONE WITH IT, I TOLD YOU WE WOULD VOTE ON FRIDAY, IT
TURNS OUT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE THE VOTE BECAUSE YOU SAID -- YOU
BRIBE YOUR GUYS TO VOTE THE OTHER WAY.
FINE, THAT WE LOSE,
WE HAVE OBAMACARE, HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.
NOW THE NEXT TIME I TELL
YOU WE WILL HAVE A VOTE AND I WON'T GIVE YOU ANY MORE
CONCESSIONS, YOU WILL TAKE THE MORE SERIOUSLY.
SO EVEN THOUGH
YOU KNOW I HAVE TREMENDOUS DISRESPECT FOR DONALD TRUMP AND
DON'T VALUE HIS INTELLIGENCE, ONE OF THE FEW THINGS HE DOES IS
HE DOES NEGOTIATE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE GETS GREAT DEALS ALL THE
TIME AND HE DIDN'T GET ONE HERE.
THE GUY WHO WROTE THE BOOK ABOUT DEALS, THE DEAL DIDN'T
WORK.
BUT I KNOW AS A NEGOTIATOR SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SAY NO IN
THE FIRST DEAL TO GET THE SECOND DEAL.
MAYBE I'M BEING OVERLY GENEROUS TO HIM BUT I THINK IT'S NOT
THAT TERRIBLE A STRATEGY.
WHEN THE SECOND DEAL IS TAX REFORM I DISAGREE, YOU WILL HAVE
THE KOCHS AND ALL THE WEALTHY PEOPLE IN THE NEXT DEAL THEY
WILL GET HIS TAX REFORM, THEY WILL OVERLOOK HEALTHCARE AT THAT
POINT AND IT WON'T BE -- THE SAME ALLIANCES WILL BE RIGHT
TOGETHER ON TAX REFORM IF THAT IS IN FACT WHAT IS NEXT, THAT'S
WHAT THEY SAY.
IF THEY BREAK THIS DOWN INTO A REGULAR ORDER,
WHICH MEANS TAKING SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS OF OBAMACARE INTO
COMMITTEES, JOINT COMMITTEES AND SPECIAL SESSIONS, AND THEY CAN
BREAK DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT IT APART AND GET DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT
-- THE THINGS THAT AREN'T WORKING WITHIN OBAMACARE EVEN IF
YOU KEPT AT THE SAME -- THEN IT'S NOT A VICTORY FOR TRUMP
EITHER.
THEN THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS AND PAUL RYAN WOULD GET
CREDIT FOR THAT.
I DON'T SEE A SILVER LINING FOR HIM, I SEE
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, I DON'T SEE PEOPLE REGISTERING THAT AND I
THINK WHEN THEY MOVED TO THE NEXT THING IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE KOCH BROTHERS ON THIS.
I AGREE IN PART -- THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WON'T SEE ANY OF
THAT, THAT IS BEHIND THE SCENES.
BUT IT HAS AN ENDURING EFFECT.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THE KOCH BROTHERS ARE BRIBING THE FREEDOM
CAUCUS BECAUSE TV NEVER TELLS THEM.
BUT THAT'S A MESSAGE HE
SENDS TO THE KOCH BROTHERS, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, ON TAX REFORM
THEY WOULD BE LIKE, AGREED, WE ARE 100% RIGHT-WING, WE WILL ROB
THE MIDDLE CLASS TO BENEFIT THE RICH.
BUT ON THIS ONE TRUMP WAS 90%
RIGHT-WING, THE KOCH BROTHERS WANTED 100%, TRUMP SAID YOU
ARE GOING TO GET IT, SO YOU WILL GET 0%, WE STICK WITH OBAMACARE.
BUT DOESN'T THIS HAVE MORE TO DO WITH CONGRESS?
BECAUSE
REMEMBER, THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS IN CONGRESS WHO WERE SWAYED BY
WHAT THE KOCH BROTHERS WANTED.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE
INFLUENCED BY THE KOCH BROTHERS, DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T REALLY
MATTER IN THE EQUATION.
HIS UNWILLINGNESS TO MOVE THE NEEDLE
IN A MOMENT WHEN DIRECTION DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
WHAT IT
DOES, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
THOSE FREEDOM CAUCUS GUYS, AS
WELL AS ALL OF THE REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS IN CONGRESS AND MOST
OF THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS, OUR ERRAND BOYS.
THAT'S ALL THEY
DO IS PAY, DONORS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?
LET'S DO THAT.
SO THE
NEXT TIME THE KOCH BROTHERS GIVEN ORDER TO FOLLOW, THEY WILL
REMEMBER, WELL, SOMETIMES IF WE PLAY CHICKEN WITH TRUMP HE GOES,
OKAY, YOU GET 0%.
BEFORE WE USED TO GET EVERYTHING WE WANTED, NOW
WE CAN'T, SO SOMETIMES WE WILL GET ZERO.
MAYBE WE SHOULD
NEGOTIATE AND TAKE A 90% DRACONIAN RIGHT-WING BILL THAT
STILL GIVES US $600 BILLION IN TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH, STILL
DESTROYS HEALTH CARE FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE POOR, LET'S
JUST TAKE OUR WINNINGS OFF THE TABLE.
WHICH BY THE WAY WOULD BE
TERRIBLE FOR THE COUNTRY, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT TRUMP WANTS
IT WOULD GET HIM CLOSER TO THAT IN THE LONG RUN.