Donald Trump was never the main human being of affairs that he ever claims to be. The analogy I convey made on many occasions is that he is to concern equally Hulk Hogan is to martial arts-- corking at bragging nearly how corking he is at it, made fifty-fifty to a greater extent than perfect past times his association amongst professional person wrestling. Trump failed to "close the deal" on healthcare because he ran into ane of the biggest differences betwixt deal-making inward concern as well as deal-making inward politics.
In business, Trump could closed a bargain ane at a time. X for Y, ane on one. He was never the best at it, but he wasn't the worst either. The thing nearly concern deals is that the send on of ane bargain on closed to other is minimal. If I invest inward you, I convey less to invest somewhere else, but closed to other concern attempt isn't probable to plough downward my coin but because I invested amongst you. Spill-over effects but aren't that big. This is business office of why Trump thinks that he tin receive everything amongst bilateral negotiations. We convey seen this inward his wishing to operate out merchandise deals bilaterally, as well as his wishing to receive Obamacare replacement negotiations person-by-person.
The occupation is that politics don't operate that way. This is where nosotros encounter the existent value of something similar "the spatial model," where nosotros pose policies as well as legislators along a describe from left to right. Within the Republican Party, on the left, nosotros convey Susan Collins as well as Lisa Murkowski. Without them on board, the Senate Republicans would convey had just 50 votes, amongst Pence casting the tie-breaker. They would convey had no extra votes to spare. But, at that topographic point were to a greater extent than Republicans nervous nearly how far to the correct the Obamacare replacement mouth had moved, including closed to inward the House. On the right, far, far,
far to the right, at that topographic point was the House Freedom Caucus.
Any alter Trump tried to brand that moved policy to the right, to satisfy the Freedom Caucus, made the moderates fifty-fifty less willing to back upwards the replacement, as well as whatever motility to the left to satisfy the moderates lost the Freedom Caucus. Trump kept trying to brand incremental changes to larn the Freedom Caucus on board, but what Paul Ryan realized was that at that topographic point was no agency to larn a majority, period. Why? Because whatever mouth that would convey satisfied the Freedom Caucus would convey been unpalatable to the moderates (and couldn't convey gotten through Senate reconciliation rules anyway), as well as whatever motility to the left lost the Freedom Caucus.
Could
any negotiation convey solved this? Perhaps not, but it sure couldn't convey been done one-on-one, the agency Trump wants, as well as the agency concern deals work. Politics don't operate that way.
