i said i will hold on the termination. let s see if we can make it a fair deal. there you go. as a candidate trump bashed nafta and called at this time greatest disaster trade deal in the history of the world. president trump today said the deal favors mexico and canada, but said it would be simpler to renegotiation than to withdraw. membexico signed the green in 1. it got rid of most tariffs on trade. nafta is blamed for u.s. manufacturing job losses because critics say we import more goods from the countries than we make here. but others say nafta added millions of jobs in the united states without question. ahead, a closer look at the fight over healthcare. if a bill gets through the house, the senate could make some important changes, including on medicaid and tax credit. a big opportunity. that s coming up from the fox news deck on this thursday afternoon.
currently been negotiated. keep in mind this is all very important for president trump. the assumptions in his tax reform plan are all based on getting the trillion dollar tax benefit out of repeal and replate of obamacare. if they don t get the healthcare reform through, they have to go back to the drawing board on tax reform. shepard: governing is hard. john roberts from the north lawn. president trump explaining why he s not withdrawing the united states from nafta as he promised he would do. during a meeting with argentina s president, the president said he was planning to terminate nafta but the leaders from mexico and canada hit him up. i like both of these gentlemen very much. they called me. they said rather than terminating nafta, could you please renegotiate. i like them very much, respect their countries very much and the relationship is special.