This writer, David Schribman, is delusional. Republican healthcare reform would have been a disaster, a taxcut for the rich and a huge step backward in healthcare for Americans, especially the older, the poor and the sick. Trump came out of its defeat blaming the Democrats for not supporting this "reform", predicting that Obamacare was on its way to "exploding" and "imploding" and bragging that the Democrats would then come crawling to him. This is a guy who wants to cut a deal? To me, it looks more like Trump wants to shift the blame and hope it looks like he knows what he's doing.

Trump and the Republicans should be thankful for the defeat of healthcare reform because it would have meant 14 million Americans would lose their health insurance by next year, and a huge defeat for the Republicans in the 2018 mid-term election. 

Trump needs to demonstrate competence and goodwill before he can attract support from the Democrats or the American public.