So you’re suggesting that Trump’s cunning plan (Let’s call it “Trump’s Brilliant Leadership Is Never In Doubt Plan A”) was this:
- Try to pass the AHCA bill, knowing that it won’t pass the house. Withdraw the bill minutes before the vote. Then:
- Wait for ACA to “fail”. Look, proof that we need to pass AHCA!
Here’s an alternate plan I’ve just devised. Let’s call it the “Null Hypothesis” plan:
- Do nothing, and wait for ACA to “fail”. Look, proof that we need to pass AHCA!
What benefit do you see to your conjectured “Trump’s Brilliant Leadership Is Never In Doubt Plan A”, over the simpler “Null Hypothesis” plan? What advantage would cause Trump to choose to pick your proposed plan over mine? (I mean, apart from the name, which I freely admit is Awesome.)
To an uneducated observer such as myself, it just looks like his “introduce a bill and fail to pass it” step has only proved that his administration can’t get a bill passed, even with it allegedly being a priority, having been a campaign promise, having had seven years of preparation available to work out the details and strategy in advance, and even with his own party in control of both houses of Congress as well as the Presidency. The deck could not be stacked any more strongly in his favour, and he still failed to deliver on that campaign promise.
I’m sure you have more insight than I, though, so I’m very interested in what tactical advantage you’re seeing in that “let’s fail to pass a bill” first step in Trump’s Brilliant Leadership Is Never In Doubt Plan A. I don’t see how that step accomplishes anything, or affects what comes after it in any way at all, apart from making Trump look powerless to get things done?
