Video of former PresidentĀ Donald Trump vowing to terminate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went viral on social media on Friday after he reversed his position on the issue last month.

Trump, the presumed 2024 GOP presidential nominee, is set to face off against PresidentĀ Joe BidenĀ later this year in a likely rematch of the 2020 election, as each candidate hasĀ won enough delegates to secure their partyā€™s presidential nomination.

Trump has repeatedly vowed to repeal the ACA, which was developed under former PresidentĀ Barack ObamaĀ and is more commonly known as ā€œObamacare,ā€ since launching his political career with a successful 2016 presidential bid. He attempted to kill the program shortly after taking office, but was blocked byĀ RepublicansĀ who resisted the move in theĀ Senate.

However, in a late March Truth Social post, Trump seemingly reversed his position by endorsing the ACA, while promising to keep the program in place, but make it ā€œmuch, much, much betterā€ during a potential second term.

  • dhork@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Sigh. Trump voters donā€™t care about what Liberals say he used to say. They listen to what he is saying now, with his steadfast positions that he has always held, because he is a man of ā€œprincipalā€. He is always right, even when he changes his mind. He was right then, too, but also now. Itā€™s all part of His plan, which Liberals canā€™t understand, because they want to kill babies.

    Got it?

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        7 months ago

        This is the real thing here. It feels to me like going after him about changing his stance on the ACA has the effect of making him seem more coherent, not less. If you asked him to give his stance on the ACA today, within about two minutes he would probably say he was for it and against it and that he created it and that itā€™s illegal and that heā€™ll make it better or already made it better, while also making it clear he doesnā€™t actually know what it does

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      7 months ago

      As his language skills deteriorate further theyā€™ll celebrate his secret magical private language with multiple layers of hidden cofefe meaning. His slide into dementia will be the proof of his genius in their minds.