President Donald Trump said "eventually we will get something done."
President Donald Trump said "eventually we will get something done."
On 18 July 2017, some social media users mockingly picked up on a Fox News graphic quoting President Donald Trump saying, â€œEventually weâ€™re going to get something done.â€ < Make America Eventually Get Something Done pic.twitter.com/8ZjEEIxbPr â€” Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) July 18, 2017 > < Breaking news. pic.twitter.com/81USoY5S4k â€” Comedy Central (@ComedyCentral) July 18, 2017 > Although President Trump did make the comment at the White House on 18 July 2017 and Fox News did paraphrase him in a chyron that ran along with their broadcast, Trumpâ€™s statement was about the Senateâ€™s failure to pass a health care bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (colloquially known as Obamacare). The comment was not aimed at the Republican partyâ€™s overall performance in passing legislation. The presidentâ€™s comment was part of a response to a reporterâ€™s question asking if the Republicansâ€™ version of a health care bill, theÂ American Health Care Act (AHCA), was dead. Trump responded by expressing his disappointment with Republicans: < Iâ€™ve been saying that â€” Mike, I think youâ€™ll agree â€” for a long time. Let Obamacare fail. It will be a lot easier. And I think weâ€™re probably in that position where weâ€™ll just let Obamacare fail. Weâ€™re not going to own it. Iâ€™m not going to own it. I can tell you, the Republicans are not going to own it. Weâ€™ll let Obamacare fail and then the Democrats are going to come to us, and theyâ€™re going to say, â€œHow do we fix it? How do we fix it? Or how do we come up with a new plan?â€ So weâ€™ll see what happens. Thereâ€™s some other things going on right now as we speak, but I am disappointed because, for so many years, Iâ€™ve been hearing repeal and replace. Iâ€™m sitting in the Oval Office, right next door, pen in hand, waiting to sign something, and Iâ€™ll be waiting. And eventually weâ€™re going to get something done, and itâ€™s going to be very good. > Republicans have been working to fulfill the Presidentâ€™s campaign promise of repealing and replacing Obamacare since he took office, but on 17 July 2017 it became apparent they did not have the votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They have been unable to agree on and pass a replacement for the current health care system. The presidentâ€™s comments, along with the Fox News chyron, can be seen on the cable channelâ€™s web site here:
"trump" AND "eventually" AND "get something done"