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The president spent March 31 trying to keep Republican health-care plans from slipping further out of his hands, after the House pullback and the earlier collapse of the repeal drive had already exposed how shaky the operation was. The core political damage was simple: Trump had promised he would own repeal and replacement, and by the end of the month he owned the blame instead.
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The president spent March 31 trying to keep Republican health-care plans from slipping further out of his hands, after the House pullback and the earlier collapse of the repeal drive had already exposed how shaky the operation was. The core political damage was simple: Trump had promised he would own repeal and replacement, and by the end of the month he owned the blame instead.
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The president spent March 31 trying to keep Republican health-care plans from slipping further out of his hands, after the House pullback and the earlier collapse of the repeal drive had already exposed how shaky the operation was. The core political damage was simple: Trump had promised he would own repeal and replacement, and by the end of the month he owned the blame instead.
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