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(i) The timing of Musk starting this kill the CR and shut down the government today hours earlier versus Trump having a rage explosion against the CR later in the day
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(II) difference between the shut it down, burn it down message on Xitter versus Trump’s “you need to have the debt ceiling raised now on Biden’s watch”
offers pretty good insight into how Musk (and it appears Vance) are manipulating Trump at the moment.
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just as conservative Republicans and Mr. Musk were railing against the bipartisan deal for adding too much spending to the national debt, Mr. Trump called for raising the debt ceiling, insisting that Republicans must increase it as part of the spending package so the borrowing limit would go up while President Biden was still in the White House.
It reflected a recognition by the president-elect that his party would have a difficult time raising the limit next year when they have full control of Congress, and that he would not want to sign such a measure. Many Republicans refuse to back debt ceiling increases, viewing them as politically toxic.
The borrowing limit is expected to be reached sometime in January, and a failure to increase it would cause a default on the nation’s debt. Mr. Trump acknowledged that he did not want to shoulder the responsibility for doing so.
“Increasing the debt ceiling is not great,” Mr. Trump said in his statement, “but we’d rather do it on Biden’s watch.” …”
www.nytimes.com
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(II) difference between the shut it down, burn it down message on Xitter versus Trump’s “you need to have the debt ceiling raised now on Biden’s watch”
offers pretty good insight into how Musk (and it appears Vance) are manipulating Trump at the moment.
“…
just as conservative Republicans and Mr. Musk were railing against the bipartisan deal for adding too much spending to the national debt, Mr. Trump called for raising the debt ceiling, insisting that Republicans must increase it as part of the spending package so the borrowing limit would go up while President Biden was still in the White House.
It reflected a recognition by the president-elect that his party would have a difficult time raising the limit next year when they have full control of Congress, and that he would not want to sign such a measure. Many Republicans refuse to back debt ceiling increases, viewing them as politically toxic.
The borrowing limit is expected to be reached sometime in January, and a failure to increase it would cause a default on the nation’s debt. Mr. Trump acknowledged that he did not want to shoulder the responsibility for doing so.
“Increasing the debt ceiling is not great,” Mr. Trump said in his statement, “but we’d rather do it on Biden’s watch.” …”

Trump, Egged On by Musk, Condemns Spending Deal, Raising Fears of Government Shutdown
The president-elect weighed in against the huge spending package after Elon Musk had spent the day warning Republicans not to support it. The blowup left the compromise on life support.
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