i m sure already he s looking at legacy because that s the kind of guy he is. do you think it matters in the next week for him? it does matter, but he s also again dialing it back because he knows realistically, let s take health care, for instance, don, the freedom caucus is saying, okay, yes, we ve got this working out but then you have the other part of the republican party. that s not necessarily happy about the fiscal piece of it. so that s going to be a hard piece to put together before the first 100 days. and then when you talk about tax reform and all these other issues, tax reform is going to be a high price tag yet again and this is something that is going to roll out over time. he s talking about cutting taxes, cutting tax rates, individually and for businesses. and there is going to be a high price tag. good. and he s banking on the economy to help push this through and we just don t know about the economy as of yet. okay. so what do mark cuban and
people say who really cares that much. april, it s not just tax reform. listen to the president. how are you going to accomplish that? it s going to happen. it will happen. we ll see what happens. no particular rush, but we ll see what happens. but health care is coming along well. government is coming along really well. a lot of good things are happening. it doesn t matter if it s next week. next week doesn t matter. he says it doesn t matter. 100-day mark is looming. the government shutdown is looming as well. i m sure he would like to get these things done within the first 100 days. i m sure already he s looking at legacy because that s the kind of guy he is. do you think it matters in the next week for him? it does matter, but he s also again dialing it back because he knows realistically, let s take health care, for instance, don, the freedom caucus is saying, okay, yes, we ve got this
you would think the flow of progress would be a lot easier. so where is the hiccup? why can t they seem to achieve a whole mess of things in the first 100 days that would be more complimentary to what president trump said on the campaign trail? well, the hiccup frankly is in the house republican conference where you have some republicans and then you ve got about 36 people in the freedom caucus who at times side with the republicans and at other times they don t, on the repeal and replace of obamacare, the freedom caucus, at least in the first iteration sided with the democrats and decided to block oppose it which deprived donald trump s white hoe of the big achievement of repealing and replacing obamacare. so in the house right now, it s really more of a parliamentary system. you have democrats who are sticking together and about 200 republicans who are basically together and about 36 freedom caucus guys who are together. that s not enough to pass a bill in the house. so i hope the
like it and it still seems really good. you know, not very many people have seen this deal. i would point to the really good reporting being done by cnn on this which would suggest, yes, the freedom caucus and tuesday group are talking. yes, there is some agreement tere. no, the broader republican congress has not seen this bill. and i just think the idea that you re going to let them see it today or over the week and by next week to meet an artificial deadline that the president said doesn t mean anything this morning that that s all going to happen as house republicans put what could be their career on the line if you vote for something, it doesn t work, the senate doesn t pass it, i m very skeptical that that s going to happen. all right. so david, two takes on tactics. one, personal tactic of trump. this is an intelligent man who hates the perception of losing, so why would he put himself in this position?
what you just recommended right there. your colleagues on both sides of the aisle might not like hearing. that i m sure they don t. there are some of my colleagues in the freedom caucus and other conservatives that like to hear that. we re here to do the right thing for the american people. and everyone in congress should be doing that. eric: you said you re part of the freedom caucus. i did notice, though, i believe in your point of view you said you re pro healthcare, looking at the paul ryan bill, and you are in favor of that, right? at the end of that right before the bill was pulled i visited with the speaker and told him that i would be voting in favor of that piece of legislation, correct. eric: why is that, sir, the freedom caucus i understood was going to vote as a block. what about the bill did you think was pen firm to the american people? i thought the president made some moves that made the bill more conservative along with the speaker i felt it was the first s