re: Is Trump a master negotiator or just Paul Ryan's dupe?

I think there are multiple moving parts to this. For one, we don't know what was agreed upon for the GOP estab to support Trumps platform and vice versa. Part of that could have been Trump agreeing to back Ryan's healthcare plan in exchange for supporting a part of Trump's agenda, whether it be border wall funding, tax reform or whatever. If you look at what's going on with Trump vs conservative repubs who don't back the plan, there isn't much negotiating from the "deal maker". So the question is what is Trump's end game? It could be that he is playing the long game, knowing Ryan's bill is a turd that won't pass. He backs it anyway knowing he has a deal in place for other agenda items. The Ryan bill crashes and burns and now he is free to back a healthcare bill more to his liking.