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Why Trump is Calling For a Default on U.S. Debt.
And why Republicans probably want him to shut up.
Ah, Donald Trump.
He just can’t help himself can he?
If there’s one thing we can find predictable about the former President, it’s his affinity for throwing whatever narrative he can find at the wall in search of one that sticks. It should come as no surprise then that he decided to weigh in on the whole potential debt default debacle and of course, it’s probably not going to help Republicans.
Sam Brodey with The Daily Beast writes:
“Onstage at his recent CNN town hall, former President Donald Trump had a message for Republicans on Capitol Hill: Relax, take a deep breath, and get ready to embrace a catastrophic default on the federal debt.
“I say to the Republicans out there — congressmen, senators — if they don’t give you massive cuts, you’re going to have to do a default,” Trump said.
Trump may have even given up the game, acknowledging that much of his calculation was political. When he was president, he said politicians shouldn’t use the threat of a default as a negotiating tool, but said he was now changing his tune “because now I’m not president.”…”
