Former President Trump leaned on congressional Republicans to use the debt ceiling in negotiations with Democrats over a bill to raise the borrowing limit and …
Former President Trump leaned on congressional Republicans to use the debt ceiling in negotiations with Democrats over a bill to raise the borrowing limit and keep the government funded. The statement from Trump, which called the debt ceiling the GOP’s “only powerful tool,” is the latest instance of Trump exerting his influence on Republicans in Washington while out of office. “The only powerful tool that Republicans have to negotiate with is the Debt Ceiling, and they would be both foolish and unpatriotic not to use it now,” he said, referencing a Democratic bill that ties together government funding and increasing the debt ceiling.
