From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.

This is the day.

Today, President Trump has backed away from his call

to replace the Affordable Care Act with our Republican alternative.

Alex Burns, on why the president's own party, talked him out of it.

It's Wednesday, April 3.

So, last week was as close to a moment of total happiness as President Trump has had in a long time.

President Trump's legal team, as well as many of those who are close to the president, are saying they feel the Mueller report fully vindicates the president after New York.

There's no way to take this letter other than a huge win for the president.

To say White House officials are happily telling the American people, I told you so.

Well, that would frankly be a bit of an understatement.

And after three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead.

The collusion delusion is over.

That's what makes it all the more surprising that his administration decided to dive right back into one of the most politically damaging fights of his whole presidency, which is health care.

The Trump Justice Department just announced a major reversal on Obamacare, the idiot.

Today, he called the Affordable Care Act horrible and is mounting a push to kill it off.

Frat shop is Mueller investigation victory. Some of his biggest supporters are questioning the timing.

Here you have a huge messaging win for the president and the White House with this Mueller summary.

Why now? Why do this? Why now? Maybe even why at all.

And how does he dive back into that politically damaging fight?

He directed the Justice Department to take sides in a lawsuit that has been making its way through the federal courts. It was brought by Republican legal officials in a number of states.

It has been ruled on by one judge in Texas that the Affordable Care Act is invalid.

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