"House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., pauses as he announces that he is pulling the troubled Republican health care overhaul bill off the House floor, short of votes and eager to avoid a humiliating defeat for President Donald Trump and GOP leaders, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)"  Motley: Here's the AP caption to the photo of Ryan announcing the withdrawal of the AHCA bill.  Take a look at Mr. Ryan.  Read the account or any of the thousands of accounts on various sites.  You will note that "humiliating" is an adjective frequently used in them to describe the defeat.....I would suggest it's an apt adjective.  Were you upset when papers described Hillary Clinton's defeat as a "bitter defeat" or a "crushing defeat"?  I wasn't....those were accurate descriptions.  

Mr. Ryan and Mr. Trump did, indeed, incur a humiliating defeat.  They both boasted of a "sure" victory and, then, didn't deliver.  That's the essence of humiliating.   Regards