President Trump reveled in victory after scoring the first major legislative win of his presidency Thursday when the House voted to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
“Let’s say how good this plan is. We don’t have to talk about this unbelievable victory, wasn’t it unbelievable? We don’t have to say it again. But it’s going to be an unbelievable victory when we get it through the Senate,” the president giddily declared at a Rose Garden celebration, surrounded by beaming cabinet members and GOP lawmakers.
“This is a great plan. I actually think it will get even better. Make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of ObamaCare. Make no mistake about it. Make no mistake,” he continued to cheers and applause.
Trump said that campaigning across the country convinced him that former President Obama’s signature achievement had to go.
“No matter where I went, people were suffering so badly with the ravages of ObamaCare,” he said before predicting the benefits people would see.
“I will say this, that as far as I’m concerned, your premiums, they’re going to start to come down. We’re going to get this passed through the Senate, I feel so confident. Your deductibles, when it comes to deductibles, they were so ridiculous that nobody got to use their current plan, [but] they’re going down.”
Trump boasted that he was able to get the law repealed even though he was a political outsider who had spent just over 100 days in office.
“[I was] coming from a different world and only [was] a politician for a short period of time. Am I doing OK? I’m president. Hey, I’m president. Can you believe it? I thought you needed a little bit more time they always told me. More time. But we didn’t,” he said.