Why Trump Wants The USA To Default

[Bradley K. Sherman]

|
| Why Trump Wants U.S. to Default on Debt
|
| Late last week, amid the on-again/off-again White House
| negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on raising
| the debt ceiling, Donald Trump lobbed a grenade. Knowing
| full well that President Joe Biden won't simply cave, Trump
| urged Republicans to allow a default "unless they get
| everything they want. Do not fold!!!"
| ...
<https://www.thebulwark.com/why-trump-wants-u-s-to-default-on-debt/>

During former U.S. President Donald Trump's presidency,
Congress raised the debt limit with bipartisan support
and no budget-cut preconditions on three occasions:
in 2017, 2018, and 2019

--bks

[Bradley K. Sherman]

> | Late last week, amid the on-again/off-again White House
> | negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on raising
> | the debt ceiling, Donald Trump lobbed a grenade. Knowing
> | full well that President Joe Biden won't simply cave, Trump
> | urged Republicans to allow a default "unless they get
> | everything they want. Do not fold!!!"
> ...

>During former U.S. President Donald Trump's presidency,
>Congress raised the debt limit with bipartisan support
>and no budget-cut preconditions on three occasions:

>in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Byron Donalds [R-FL] on _Meet The Press_:
|
| DONALDS: Trump said the debt ceiling shouldn't be used as a
| negotiating wedge when he was president, and when asked why
| he's not saying that now, he said because he's not
| president.
|
| TODD: Do you realize how absurd that sounds?
|
| [50-second video at URL]
|
<https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1660287242261213186>

--bks

[Posse Comitatus]

Putin rewards the loyal.

[Lou Bricano]

On 5/22/2023 9:19 AM, super70s wrote:
> In article <u4fqhf$qk8$1...@panix3.panix.com>,

> Defaulting on the budget

On the debt

> would be entirely the fault of the Republicans,

Exactly right.


> the fact that polls show Biden would be blamed for it by some people --
> either on his own or along with the Republicans -- shows how ridiculous
> and dumbed down the US has become the past five years.
>
> There are well over a dozen Republicans in Congress right now from
> districts that Biden won and many handily, if they don't get off their
> asses and join all the Dems to pass this budget they're not going to be
> in the Congress much longer.

[NoBody]

On 22 May 2023 13:26:07 -0000, b...@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman)
wrote:

> |

Look at you advocating bankrupting our country by this
administration's spending.

[Siri Cruise]

That was Saint Reagan who decided deficits don't matter.

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[Gronk]

NoBody wrote:
> On 22 May 2023 13:26:07 -0000, b...@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman)
> wrote:
>
>> |
>> | Why Trump Wants U.S. to Default on Debt
>> |
>> | Late last week, amid the on-again/off-again White House
>> | negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on raising
>> | the debt ceiling, Donald Trump lobbed a grenade. Knowing
>> | full well that President Joe Biden won't simply cave, Trump
>> | urged Republicans to allow a default "unless they get
>> | everything they want. Do not fold!!!"
>> | ...
>> <https://www.thebulwark.com/why-trump-wants-u-s-to-default-on-debt/>
>>
>> During former U.S. President Donald Trump's presidency,
>> Congress raised the debt limit with bipartisan support
>> and no budget-cut preconditions on three occasions:
>> in 2017, 2018, and 2019
>

> Look at you advocating bankrupting our country by this
> administration's spending.
>

You defended #DirtyDon's spending...