After a setback for the Republican agenda Tuesday, President Donald Trump sounded an optimistic tone on reaching an agreement on an Obamacare replacement.
At a White House meeting with GOP senators, Trump shrugged off the Senate delaying a vote on its health-care bill, saying “we’re getting very close” to striking a deal despite remaining disagreements. But he sent mixed signals on the Senate’s ability to reach an agreement and “solve” Obamacare, which he said was “melting down.”
“This will be great if we get it done. And if we don’t get it done, it’s just going to be something that we’re not going to like, and that’s OK, and I understand that very well. But I think we have to do something very, very important for the public,” Trump said, while flanked by Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, two GOP swing votes on health care.