Trump tried — and failed — to make a deal on health care
Trump tried — and failed — to make a deal on health care
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For a man known as “the closer,” the effort was fraught from the start. The collapse of the health-care overhaul Friday afternoon was perhaps the sharpest rebuke yet of Donald Trump’s young presidency, even as he repeatedly asked his advisers, “Is this really a good bill?”
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