Trump Renews Calls for Congress to Extend Debt Ceiling Before He Assumes Office

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : "The extension of the Debt Ceiling by a previous Speaker of the House, a good man and a friend of mine, from this past September of the Biden Administration, to June of the Trump Administration, will go down as one of the dumbest political decisions made in years," Trump said.
39% : Trump said at the time that the bill included passing unacceptable "Democrat giveaways" alongside necessary government funding for up to March 14, 2025.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) then presented a scaled-down 116-page funding bill to the House for a vote on Dec. 19, which the chamber overwhelmingly rejected amid opposition by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
37% : "Ahead of the vote on the funding package, Trump called for elected representatives to vote against any funding deal that didn't address the impending debt ceiling decision -- a bid to avoid giving the Democrats any negotiating leverage in the next Congress.
32% : The initial 1,547-page bill failed following a social media firestorm that saw incoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-chairs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, and then Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance, express their strong opposition.
23% : Trump said, adding that he doesn't believe Democrats care if the United States was forced into a depression like in 1929 "as long as it hurt the Republican Party.

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