Karoline Leavitt: “The president wants to be a good steward of the American…”

“And look, unfortunately, these conversations are happening because we don't have any money coming into the federal government right now. And so The president wants to be a good steward of the American taxpayer dollar during a time when our balance sheet is looking very grim. because the Democrats chose to shut the. Higher education what do you think? Or if these universities don't sign it? I think that's a determination for our policy team to make.” (06:10–06:19)

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