Trump: I’m not even ‘a little bit’ worried how GOP will replace Obamacare

President-elect Donald Trump is confident all of his Cabinet nominees will be confirmed by the Senate and is confident any Obamacare replacement is "gonna all work out."

“They’re going great. Confirmation’s going great,” Trump, standing alongside Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, told reporters inside Trump Tower on Monday. “I think they’ll all pass.”


Senate panels will kick off confirmation hearings for Trump’s Cabinet picks on Tuesday with Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions, the first of nine hearings scheduled this week.

Sessions, along with secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson, is among the most high-profile nominees, given decades-old allegations of racism that sunk Sessions’ federal judgeship in 1986 and Tillerson’s ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump dismissed any concerns about Sessions, saying, “No, I think he’s gonna do great.”

The president-elect’s list of nominees also includes a batch of billionaires and millionaires, as well as a crop of people who have no federal government experience. Nevertheless, Trump hailed his Cabinet selections, remarking that “they’re all at the highest level.”

“Jack was even saying it,” he told reporters. “I mean, they are the absolute highest level. I think they’re gonna do very well.”

Trump, who will hold a news conference Wednesday for the first time since July, largely deferred questions until then, including inquiries into his tense relationship with the intelligence community and whether he trusts WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange more than the NSA. He said he had a “great meeting” with Ma and expressed confidence in his Cabinet nominees being confirmed to lead their respective departments in his administration.

The president-elect descended down the elevators inside Trump Tower moments later, again mostly deferring questions — although he did say he’s “not even a little bit” worried about how Republicans will replace Obamacare.

“That’s gonna all work out,” said Trump, whose campaign pledge was to immediately repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s signature health care law.

Trump had also met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday morning.

“Everybody will be properly vetted, as they have been in the past,” the Kentucky Republican said, “and I’m hopeful that we’ll get up to six or seven — particularly national security team in place — in place on Day One.”