Trump Seeks Shutdown If Debt Limit Not Raised or Ended, ABC Says

Donald Trump said the US federal government will shut down if the debt ceiling is not eliminated or extended, ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl said in a post on X, citing comments from a conversation with the president-elect.

“If we don’t get it, then we’re going to have a shutdown, but it’ll be a Biden shutdown, because shutdowns only inure to the person who’s president,” Trump told ABC.