WaPo's Robert Costa: Trump told me he's 'glad' he got health care 'out of the way'

President Trump, in phone call with the Washington Post, says a health care bill won't come up again in the near future

— BNO News (@BNONews) March 24, 2017

Trump told me he's willing to cut a bipartisan deal in the future: "When it explodes they [Dems] come to us and we make one beautiful deal.”

— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 24, 2017

Well, this is … interesting:

Does Trump regret starting his agenda with health care? “No, I don’t,” he told me. "But in a way I’m glad I got it out of the way.”

— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 24, 2017

Wait a second.

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/845373822043852800

what an astounding thing to say.

— Sergio Costa (@sergecosta) March 24, 2017

This is the message Trump’s decided to put out there?

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/845374212604919809

Hate to break it to you, Mr. President, but you haven’t gotten anything “out of the way.”

Failing is not "getting it out of the way"

— vonceyb ? (@vonceyb) March 24, 2017

That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.

https://twitter.com/LeifJO/status/845375138426105856

Huh? What did he get “out of the way?” They failed.

— nightscouter (@nightscouter) March 24, 2017

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Update:

This isn’t likely to score many points, either:

Trump on Obamacare: "I never said repeal it and replace it within 64 days"

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 24, 2017

Trump: I never said repeal it and replace it within 64 days.

— Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewRafferty) March 24, 2017

Oof.

https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/845378214532911109

https://twitter.com/MikeIsaac/status/845378022056198144

"I never said I'd repeal and replace in two months" – guy who said he'd repeal Obamacare on day one of his presidency

— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) March 24, 2017

Welp.