@atascabob Yeah, sure thing snowflake....... thehill.com/policy/f inance/314991-trump- team-prepares-dramat ic-cuts I'm gonna guess you don't know how to link sources?Ask eddyfree, he is good at it. Makes better arguments too.I only get to carry his arguments over as incremental cognitive dissonance.

Clyde just because I'm nice;"I would borrow, knowing that if the economy crashed, you could make a deal” to pay bondholders less than full value on the debt owed to them. This is, after all, the sort of thing Trump has done with creditors when, say, one of his casinos went bankrupt. It is also more or less what Greece has repeatedly negotiated with its bondholders over the last few years."- Guess who , here's a hint. It's a really great beautiful quote.And no it's not Atascabob-lolwww.nationalreview.c om/article/435226/tr ump-national-debtI could find lots more, it was all over the news, surprised you didn't know.

@atascabob So you can link? Awesome......I'll expect more.......Now, you haven't addressed the issue that it isn't his decision....unless of course you eschew the principles of the Constitution, much as his predecessor has done.Maybe we could default by EO?And by the way, negotiated debt restructure is not default..but he can't do that either without Congress......again, unless you think we are now a monarchy due to precedent.

Well yes Clyde there is that whole constitution thingy and words like emoluments that he doesn't grasp or doesn't care about. A pile of folders as props at a dog and pony show (press conference) doesn't impress me.I'm really surprised that someone such as yourself would not understand the implications of a pennies on the dollar default for the US. The US is not an Atlantic City casino. That whole fiasco caused pain for many, done at the level of the US gov, it would cause pain for the world.

Notice the qoutes, but check the content."The Times newsroom reported yesterday that the F.B.I., along with the National Security Agency, the C.I.A. and the Treasury Department, are investigating possible links between Trump associates and Russian officials."The interesting part is this"The Trump team’s refusal to give a fulsome answer adds to the mystery. The statement yesterday from Hope Hicks, a Trump spokeswoman, was hardly a beacon of clarity: "“We have absolutely no knowledge of any investigation or even a basis for such an investigation.”- Hope Hicks Trump spokesperson.Maybe she should could Google "Trump investigation."

@Clydepuckett :Pres O can't take full credit for this outcome .According to several experts he needs to share it with GWB .Dr James Rubenstein at Miami University co-wrote a post bankruptcy assessment for the Fed Reserve Bank in Chicago .He said no one should overlook the importance of Bush's decision to use $ 17.6 ((( BILLION )))in TARP money Dec 2008 to keep G Motors & Chrysler afloat AAron Bragman the lead American auto analyst for financial forcast group IHS Automitive. Bush acted to save from bankruptcy & shut down, Obama's role was to FIX IT .So if you think it was complete & utter BS oh OK , Bush started it spending $17.6 BILLION,should Pre O have walked away & done nothing at all period ????

Thank you President Obama.