It’s no secret that President Donald Trump doesn’t like to lose. So it was surprising on Friday when the Washington Post’s Robert Costa reported that the president had sounded businesslike, not angry,
when he called to say he’d pulled the vote on his GOP health care bill.
The last-minute move came after the legislation - which some (though not the president)
have dubbed “Trumpcare” - failed to gather enough votes from House
Republicans on Friday. It was a crushing blow for the president, and it
seems to have finally humbled him - if only for the moment.
On
the phone with Costa, Trump was uncharacteristically subdued and did
not bite when asked if he was frustrated or, if facing defeat made for a
“tense, tough conversation” with House Speaker Paul Ryan.
“No, not tough,” Trump said, according The Post. “It’s just life.”
In another phone interview with The New York Times moments after the bill was pulled, Trump, as the newspaper put it, “expressed weariness with the fight.”
“The best thing that could happen is exactly what happened - watch,” Trump said. “It’s enough already.”
Though he told The Post the bill only needed “5 to 12” more votes to pass, he’s already considering a “beautiful,” bipartisan deal in the near future.
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