"I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that we can afford as a country. I have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare"
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Then comes the emotional payload: “I have people and friends…” That phrase isn’t evidence; it’s a credential. He’s invoking proximity to entrepreneurs as proof of expertise, smuggling in a small-business identity that softens the billionaire brand. “Closing down their businesses” is high-drama language that turns a complex health insurance landscape into a moral emergency with a villain: “Obamacare,” used less as legislation than as a branded antagonist. Naming it that way isn’t accidental; it personalizes the policy as Obama’s fault and makes opposition feel like common sense resistance rather than partisan reflex.
The subtext is reassurance to skeptical voters: I’m not heartless, I’m practical. The intent is to keep the door open to popular coverage goals while validating the resentment that reform created in certain employer and individual markets. It’s less a policy argument than a coalition pitch - compassion for the many, sympathy for the squeezed, and permission to blame the law.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Trump, Donald. (2026, January 17). I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that we can afford as a country. I have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-support-health-care-for-people-i-want-people-30850/
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Trump, Donald. "I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that we can afford as a country. I have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-support-health-care-for-people-i-want-people-30850/.
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"I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that we can afford as a country. I have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-support-health-care-for-people-i-want-people-30850/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.



