Paul Ryan miscalculated. He thought he could ram a bill through the House. That is obvious. He hid the bill, and set it up for a quick vote with no budget scoring and no public hearing. Paul Ryan is not stupid. He knew that Trump would not read any bill, so his support was pretty much assured. He didn't know that the actual impact (the higher costs of insurance, the loss of Medicaid for millions, plus huge tax breaks for the wealthy) of the bill's features on actual healthcare would be noticed by voters and healthcare providers. He didn't know that the Trump administration would be under criminal investigation for involvement in Russian hacking of the recent election, diminishing the power and influence of the administration.
There you have it. We will find out tomorrow where Paul Ryan winds up.
As for the Trump Presidency, in sixty-some days, it is on the ropes. If the lying tweets about Obama's wire tapping didn't do it, then the images from Trump's meeting with Angela Merkel finished any sense of hope for a legitimate presidency. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's choice to visit Russia and blow off a NATO meeting, as outrageous as this is in the real world, is merely a post script to a ruined presidency since now the question is simply how and when Trump will be out of office.
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