FOREIGN POLICY/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “Donald Trump’s habit of testing the US relationship with Britain took a new turn Monday [2-5-18] when he attacked the UK’s National Health Service, claiming it is ‘going broke and not working.’
The US President hit out on Twitter minutes after a segment aired on Fox News that highlighted winter strains on the UK healthcare system. Trump accused Democrats of pushing a similar universal healthcare system for the US…
Trump drew swift condemnation from Britain’s Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who has been under fire for the government’s handling of a winter health crisis that prompted a protest march in London at the weekend.
Hunt said he was ‘proud’ of Britain’s universal coverage, which allows patients free healthcare at the point of access…
Trump, whose relationship with Britain and its Prime Minister Theresa May has been punctuated by Twitter tussles, was also criticized by opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Corbyn took umbrage with Trump’s comments on the purpose of Saturday’s march in support of the NHS. ‘Wrong. People were marching because we love our NHS and hate what the Tories are doing to it,’ Corbyn said, using a colloquialism for the Conservative Party. ‘Healthcare is a human right.’ “
-James Masters, “Donald Trump attacks the UK’s health service, and Britain hits back,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Feb. 5, 2018 10:49am