President Trump on Friday told supporters that Democrats will shut down the government over health care in January, after Affordable Health Care (ACA) tax credits are set to expire going into the new year.

“The problem is that Democrats will shut down the government because they are beholden … to the insurance companies,” Trump said at a rally in Rocky Mount, N.C. “So I don’t know what they can do about it, but they’ll probably close down the government. It’s so simple.”

Trump claimed Democrats “demanded” the deep increase in ACA premiums spiking next year. He said he wanted credit for referring to the ACA as the “Unaffordable Care Act.”

“But it was always no good, but now it’s really gone,” Trump said. “Remember, I didn’t do this. This is ObamaCare, this is ObamaCare. This isn’t Trump. But you don’t need it.”

Trump referred to health insurance companies as “big monster companies.” He said Americans will have “great health care at the right price, and you’re going to have it.” He touted that he will meet with insurance company leaders “and maybe we’ll have the same help with the health companies, with the pharmaceuticals and the drug companies, that we have.”

“So rather than just saying, ‘We’re not going to deal,’ maybe they’ll give us a deal by cutting prices by 50 percent, and maybe this makes sense,” the president continued.

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