Major Loss for President Trump as Plans to repeal Obama Care fails

Following President Trump’s campaign promises to repeal Obamacare; the US healthcare law and put in place the new GOP health care bill, President Trump suffered a major setback in fulfilling that promise.

President Trump had experienced several oppositions since his inauguration from the travel ban to immigration laws. This is a major legislative loss for President Trump in repealing Obamacare.

‘Obamacare is the law of the land and it will remain the law of the land until it’s replaced’, Speaker Ryan says.

In a humiliating failure, President Donald Trump and GOP leaders pulled their bill to repeal “Obamacare” off the House floor Friday when it became clear it would fail badly — after seven years of nonstop railing against the law. Democrats said Americans can “breathe a sigh of relief.” Trump said the current law was imploding “and soon will explode.”

Thwarted by two factions of fellow Republicans, from the center and far right, House Speaker Paul Ryan said President Barack Obama’s health care law, the GOP’s No. 1 target in the new Trump administration, will remain in place “for the foreseeable future.”

It was a stunning defeat for the new president after he had demanded House Republicans delay no longer and vote on the legislation Friday, pass or fail.

“Today is a great day for our country, what happened on the floor is a victory for the American people,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who as speaker herself helped Obama pass the Affordable Care Act in the first place. “Let’s just for a moment breathe a sigh of relief for the American people.”

The outcome leaves both Ryan and Trump weakened politically.