‘Dishonest deflection’: Trump has only one solution to expiring healthcare subsidies: blame the Democrats
Since becoming President of the United States for a second term this year, Donald Trump’s solution to every problem has been to blame the Democrats. This isn’t something that he developed in his second term of presidency, as it was also a key characteristic of his first presidency.
One of the accusations Trump has repeatedly directed at the Democrats is that they have contributed to rising healthcare costs. However, this claim isn’t original and is often made by Republicans when Democrats demand accountability over healthcare issues. If you’ve been following the recent events closely, you would know that one of the reasons for the government shutdown in October was due to Donald Trump and his Republican allies refusing to include essential healthcare provisions in the government spending bill, while the Democrats stood firm against it, resulting in a stalemate that ultimately led to the shutdown, which severely impacted many, particularly those from lower-income backgrounds.
Trump is continuing on his trend of blaming the Democrats for his shortcomings, even now. He was spotted doing the same during a recent press interaction. When asked to comment on the fact that 22 million Americans will face rising healthcare costs due to the expiration of Obamacare, Trump thought it was best to blame the Democrats and previous Democratic administrations for the current situation, even though he isn’t really doing anything to improve it, aside from making false and empty promises (if that counts). He also shockingly claimed that insurance company stocks had increased by 1700 per cent. I know that’s not humanely possible, but if Traump is saying so, then there might be some truth to it. He continued his Democrat bashing rant by saying:
“Obamacare has a setup to make insurance companies rich. And, I wanna pay the people, and I want the people to go out and buy their own healthcare, and that’s what he wants to do, and that’s what the Republicans wanna do because Obamacare is a disaster…It was always a disaster. It’s bad healthcare that’s too expensive for people.”
Trump then repeated his statements a couple more times, ultimately providing no solutions or even addressing the question that was posed to him. Classic Trump! Videos of him playing the blame game with the Democrats have certainly become popular on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), where they have attracted a wide range of responses. While some people remained unfazed by Trump’s comments about healthcare, as they have grown accustomed to it by now, others criticised him for minimising the issues faced by millions who depend on government services to survive.
One person on X wrote:
Another individual on the platform while making a similar observation wrote:
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