Better than anyone · First term · № 24

Nobody knows more

Knew taxes better than the greatest C.P.A., health care better than most

“I know the details of taxes better than anybody. Better than the greatest C.P.A. I know the details of health care better than most, better than most.”

Said

December 28, 2017, Interview with The New York Times at Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Florida

Subject

the big bills (taxes, health care)

Topic

Health care

Era

First term

What the record showed

In the same interview he said he knows more about "the big bills" debated in Congress "than any president that's ever been in office." Ten months earlier, on February 27, 2017, he had told the nation's governors, "Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated." The Senate's effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed on July 28, 2017. The Post's Fact Checker counted 24 false or misleading claims in the 30-minute Times interview.

Sources

1. Trump Says Russia Inquiry Makes U.S. 'Look Very Bad' The New York Times, Dec 28, 2017
2. In a 30-minute interview, President Trump made 24 false or misleading claims The Washington Post, Dec 29, 2017
3. Remarks at the National Governors Association The American Presidency Project, Feb 27, 2017
4. What Happens Next With Obamacare Repeal NPR, Jul 28, 2017