{"id":40128,"date":"2017-07-02T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/everything-president-donald-trump-did-this-week-july-2-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-07-02T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T17:00:00","slug":"everything-president-donald-trump-did-this-week-july-2-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/everything-president-donald-trump-did-this-week-july-2-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking It in the Trump: Everything the President Did This Week (July 2nd, 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As per usual, it’s been a clusterfuck of a week for Donald Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress, both of which have placed their focus on pushing health care reform through the Senate. Much to the president’s dismay, the highly scrutinized proposal failed to gain enough Republican support, and seems to have galvanized Democrats to take action into their own hands. Meanwhile, the Mr. Trump has been dishing out callous insults at news pundits via Twitter, preparing for his upcoming face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and undermining the special investigation into Russia’s possible meddling with the 2016 election. On the surface, it might seem like a typical week in Trump’s America, but there have been a wide range of important news stories that are worth wrapping your head around. Here's a recap of everything the president and his cronies did over the past several days.<\/span><\/p>\n

GOP Healthcare Replacement Fails to Gain Support in Senate<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
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    After Republican Senators were heavily criticized for drafting up their Obamacare replacement bill behind closed doors, the proposal ultimately failed to gain enough support from GOP colleagues. Things have gotten off to a bad start for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other backers of the controversial Better Care Reconciliation Act. On Monday, <\/span>a report from the Congressional Budget Office<\/a> stated that the Senate's healthcare bill would leave 22 million Americans uninsured by 2026. The CBO statement also claimed that the average cost of insurance premiums would rise for the average person, but would eventually drop by 20 percent by 2026. Still, the detrimental effect that the reform would have on millions of people seems to have convinced a few Republicans to rally against the bill. Additionally, the AARP called on all senators to vote no<\/a> on the measure and to “start from scratch” on the legislative process,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    After the CBO report revealed the dirty details of the GOP replacement bill, support from the right side of the aisle started to waver. A number of Republican Senators, including Sen. Dean Heller (Nevada), Rand Paul (Kentucky) and Susan Collins (Maine), <\/span>have come out against the proposal<\/a>, effectively preventing the GOP from obtaining the majority of votes needed to pass the Better Care Reconciliation Act. As a result, McConnell has delayed the vote until after the July 4 recess<\/a>, and will make changes to the bill before renegotiating with the GOP-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Trump seems particularly keen on getting rid of Obamacare, even if the Republicans don’t have an agreeable replacement plan ready to take its place. On Friday, the President took to Twitter to call on the Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act now and figure out how to reform it at a later date. If you look at this outlandish tweet as a policy statement, Trump is basically supporting the idea of scrapping health care without a viable backup plan for millions of Americans. A CBO analysis from last year found that repealing Obamacare without a replacement would result in 32 million people losing coverage by 2026 in total, while 19 million would lose Medicaid coverage. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    If Republican Senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately REPEAL, and then REPLACE at a later date!<\/p>\n

    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n