* Earlier I talked about the Trump honeymoon, and my belief that it wouldn't last long, in fact I thought it might have ended before the marriage began with the inauguration * It did carry on a bit after that, but it seems to me that the honeymoon is ending now * Today, the attempt to repeal and replace ObamaCare went down in flames * That's something I had predicted a while ago; I said that I doubted that they would be able to repeal Obamacare and it turns out that I was right * They didn't do it * In fact, President Trump threw a Hail Mary late in the negotiations by threatening the Republican holdouts: "Pass this bill or else." * He basically said, it's this or nothing - If you don't replace ObamaCare, you're stuck with the consequences * I think that was a bad gamble for the President to have made, in fact as soon as he issued that ultimatum * I thought that was going to be a problem because I didn't think the conservatives were going to buckle as a result of that threat * And they didn't * Now, not only has the bill been pulled, President Trump is in a very awkward position because he's already said * Take it or leave it * And Republicans left it * Now how does he come back to the negotiating table? * Now, if he comes back, he doesn't have a lot of credibility * I still think it would be better if he went back to the negotiation table * I think it was a bad tactic for Trump to say, "It's my way or the highway * I think that if this bill doesn't succeed, they should try again * They should recognize the problems in the replacement bill and work harder to fix them * The problems is a lot of Republicans don't have the stomach for real reform Our Sponsors:* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/GOLD* Check out Justin Wine and use my code SCHIFF20 for a great deal: https://www.justinwine.comPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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