Probably don't tell lawmakers they need to urgently act and also tell them they have 6 months.
White House also seems to have the wrong messaging here. Should really be talking about how Trump added 6.7T in 4 years which is the complete opposite of spending reductions; republicans (as a party) does not legitimately care about reducing the debt.
The most recent president to seriously control (and even eliminate!) the deficit was Clinton, who was a Democrat.
One can quite reasonably debate what the government deficit should be, but the idea that Democrats are big spenders and the Republicans are big savers is ludicrous.
Politically speaking, one thing pisses me off the most.
> Trump added 6.7T in 4 years
That debt was "paid for with tax cuts". And a lot of Republicans still think that cutting taxes is the best way to reduce the debt. I can almost assure you that we're going to hear more about Laffer Curves and tax cuts to solve this debt issue as the debate moves on.
Its been over 20 years, maybe over 30 years now... of this crappy argument, pretending that tax cuts improve our financial situation.
Probably don't tell lawmakers they need to urgently act and also tell them they have 6 months.
White House also seems to have the wrong messaging here. Should really be talking about how Trump added 6.7T in 4 years which is the complete opposite of spending reductions; republicans (as a party) does not legitimately care about reducing the debt.