Re: Trump administration insight

[Alan Baker]

On 2017-05-03 11:18 PM, Bigbird wrote:
> Is this the immoral games Trumpets are so proud of?
>
> In summary
>
> Trump Twitter, “I want to help our miners while the Democrats are
> blocking their healthcare.”
>
> Exactly the opposite of what his team was happening in the bipartisan
> talks where the Democrats were trying to secure protection for miners
> healthcare and being blocked by the Republicans.
>
> The explanation for the Republican block was that they wanted to use
> the miners healthcare as a bargaining chip so they could get something
> in return.
>
> “And we were simply waiting for the opportunity to give it as part of a
> bipartisan discussion so that we could get something in return.”
>
> Someone here is very vocal about the lack of democrat co-operation in
> striking bipartisan deals. They should take a very close look at this
> and question their inferences.
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/team-trump-grudgingly-tells-the-truth-about-miners-health-care
>

I loved this:

'Whether the president was lying or ignorant was unclear...'

:-)