Trump DOESN'T think Texas judge's decision ending Obamacare will stand despite tough talk in public but rebrands GOP 'the party of healthcare' as White House works with THREE outside groups to craft replacement Trump has privately told confidants he thinks his administration won't prevail Trump has said repeatedly he wants to make the GOP the 'party of health care' Republicans failed to pass a bill to repeal the law when they had unified control Trump officials have been in contact with conservative think tanks over legislation Trump's administration is asking a federal appeals court to strike down the entire Obamacare law Democrats campaigned successfully in 2018 over preserving protections for those with preexisting conditions By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com Published: 18:45 BST, 1 April 2019 | Updated: 18:45 BST, 1 April 2019 Viewcomments President Donald Trump is telling associates he does not expect a Republican-backed lawsuit to strike down all of Obamacare in the courts will prevail – even as he champions an effort to make the GOP the 'party of health care.' Trump made the surprise decision to talk up health legislation last week immediately after the release of a summary of Robert Mueller's Russia probe, and is encouraging his party to make it a signature issue going into the 2020 elections. But he has told confidants he thinks his administration won't prevail in the lawsuit it joined, where state attorneys general and GOP governors are seeking to strike down the entire Obamacare law, Axios reported. President Trump doesn't expect to prevail in the effort to strike down Obamacare, as he seeks to fashion the GOP into the 'party of health care' The publication reports that it is the president himself who is behind the effort, following inside coverage last week that the decision was a product of a bitter internal fight that split acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney from two cabinet secretaries. A federal judge in Texas ruled in December that the entire law was unconstitutional due to its insurance mandate, since Congress and the president already reduced the penalty for failure to get insurance to zero. The Trump administration joined the lawsuit after the internal split and intervened in a filing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. A couple dozen members of the New Jersey Citizen Action group protest outside the Capitol as the Senate holds a second day of voting on health care legislation on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 The Supreme Court could once again be called to decide the fate of Obamacare, as a Texas Judge's ruling makes its way to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Sisters and Tea Party members of Atlanta, Georgia, Judy Burel (L) and Janis Haddon (R), protest the Obamacare in front of the U.S. Supreme Court March 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court continued to hear oral arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Opponents of the Affordable Care Act rally before the Supreme announces its decision about the constitutionality of the President's efforts on health care reform Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney pushed for the legal move to join the lawsuit by Republican state attorneys general and governors The president has repeatedly talked up the opportunity to become the 'party of health care,' even though Republicans failed to pass a bill to repeal the law when they had unified control. The president repeatedly grouses that it was the fault of the late Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who voted against a GOP repeal effort in 2017. It is not yet clear what type of plan the administration believes could clear the Democratic House and GOP-controlled Senate. But a conservative policy analyst told the Washington Examiner the administration is vetting policy ideas with three conservative think tanks. The administration has been 'having conversations' on health care and has been in contact with the conservative Heritage Foundation, the Hoover Institute, and the the Mercatus Center affiliated with George Mason University, according to the report. Trump said last week his subordinates were 'working on a plan now.' Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility