Donald Trump Sets Impossible Bar for Kevin McCarthy in Debt-Limit Talks

  • Says Republicans should hold out for ‘everything they want’
  • Trump asserts hard-line stance after GOP walkout on Friday
Donald Trump  Photographer: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg
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Former President Donald Trump set an impossible bar for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in debt-limit negotiations with the White House in a post on his Truth Social network.

His 11:10 a.m. Friday post was timed minutes after key Republicans walked out of a meeting with White House negotiators claiming they weren’t being “reasonable.”