‘everybody Plays Games’: How Trump Seesaws On Major Deals

WASHINGTON — From “Little Rocket Man” to the scheduling of a historic peace summit and back again, President Donald Trump’s dizzying back-and-forth on North Korea is par for the course for a president who likes to keep his audience guessing. As Trump himself said Friday, “Everybody plays games.” Here’s a look at Trump’s big whiplash moments during negotiating deals in his 17 months in office: ‘MEAN’ HEALTH CARE After Trump punctuated nearly every campaign speech with vows to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care law, House Republicans in 2017 pushed through legislation that would do exactly that. Surrounded by smiling Republicans in a Rose Garden ceremony, Trump hailed the bill’s passage and called it a “great plan.” Just one month later though, he flipped.