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Donald Trump: “We have a very dangerous thing that was given to us…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 29:08

We had a couple couldn't make it for other reasons. So you think the process doesn't matter eventually you're going to get there one way. I believe we are. We have a very dangerous thing that was given to us, unfortunately, and very foolishly called debt ceiling. And the debt ceiling, I call it 1929, because, you know, bad things can happen. It should be just psychological, but it's really probably more than that. We shouldn't have had it. (29:08–29:16)

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Asserts that the debt ceiling is a dangerous and foolish construct.

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