When I first heard that Trump was continuing the push to destroy Obamacare to the Supreme Court during this pandemic, I thought, “He’s either intentionally trying to lose or he’s bat-shit crazy”. After some more reflection, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s definitely that he’s a total, delusional fool.
I believe he might actually have some thoughts on why this might be a good move. It has been extremely clear to me from the very beginning that the singular focus of his presidency has been to erase every accomplishment made by the Obama administration. There is no policy or politics behind this other than his desire to wipe away the black president’s name from everything he can get his grubby, tiny hands on. He doesn’t give a hoot about what Obamacare does or doesn’t do in regards to healthcare. It is Obama’s greatest legislative accomplishment and he wants it destroyed.
I believe he thinks that if he gets the Supreme Court to get rid of Obamacare that he will have the Democrats over a barrel and that they will be willing to pass his Trumpcare which will likely look exactly like Obamacare with some minor, inconsequential tweaks. Like I said, he really doesn’t care about the policies or implementations, all he cares about is the name and destroying Obama.
There is already a pretty good example of him doing a very similar thing with NAFTA. Repeal the old, repackage a very similar thing with a new name and work with Democrats to pass it as your own accomplishment.