Trump tactics -- trumpies not "known for deep strategic calculations..."
Paul Krugman's NYTimes column ia great today.
He opens, "According to a new Quinnipiac poll, a majority of Americans believe that Donald Trump is unfit to be president." It is ALL downhill from there.
"The administration has refused to confirm whether it will pay crucial subsidies to [health-care] insurers that cover low-income customers. It has refused to clarify whether the requirement that healthy people buy insurance will be enforced. It has canceled or suspended outreach designed to get more people to sign up...
"Why are the Trumpists doing this? Is it a cynical calculation - make [Obamacare] fail, then claim that it was already doomed? I doubt it. For one thing, we’re not talking about people known for deep strategic calculations. For another, [Obamacare] won’t actually collapse; it will just become a program more focused on sicker, poorer Americans...
"No... sabotage is best seen not as a strategy, but as a tantrum. 'We can’t repeal Obamacare? Well, then, we’ll screw it up.' It’s not about achieving any clear goal, but about salving the president’s damaged self-esteem."
The miserable motherfucker!
He opens, "According to a new Quinnipiac poll, a majority of Americans believe that Donald Trump is unfit to be president." It is ALL downhill from there.
"The administration has refused to confirm whether it will pay crucial subsidies to [health-care] insurers that cover low-income customers. It has refused to clarify whether the requirement that healthy people buy insurance will be enforced. It has canceled or suspended outreach designed to get more people to sign up...
"Why are the Trumpists doing this? Is it a cynical calculation - make [Obamacare] fail, then claim that it was already doomed? I doubt it. For one thing, we’re not talking about people known for deep strategic calculations. For another, [Obamacare] won’t actually collapse; it will just become a program more focused on sicker, poorer Americans...
"No... sabotage is best seen not as a strategy, but as a tantrum. 'We can’t repeal Obamacare? Well, then, we’ll screw it up.' It’s not about achieving any clear goal, but about salving the president’s damaged self-esteem."
The miserable motherfucker!