The American President elect Donald Trump has indicated that he may amend and consider retain the Affordable Care Act, a huge shift from his stance in the major campaign promise of repealing the President Barack Obama’s flagship healthcare law.
Trump said his priority will be to move “quickly” on Obamacare, which has become “expensive and unworkable”. But, he “showed a willingness to preserve at least two provisions” of the law after the outgoing president Barack Obama asked him to reconsider the repealing, during their meeting at the White House.
“Either Obamacare will be amended, or repealed and replaced,” Trump said. “I told him I will look at his suggestions and out of respect, I will do that.”
“I want a country that loves each other. I want to stress that,” Trump said.
“My attitude was you’re fighting Syria, Syria is fighting ISIS, and you have to get rid of ISIS. Russia is now totally aligned with Syria, and now you have Iran, which is becoming powerful, because of us, is aligned with Syria…Now we’re backing rebels against Syria, and we have no idea who these people are,” Trump said.If the US attacks Assad, Trump said, “we end up fighting Russia, fighting Syria.”
“That’s the ultimate deal. As a deal maker, I’d like to do the deal that can’t be made. And do it for humanity’s sake,” Trump said.
By Premji
