Could Republicans actually talk themselves into nixing the debt limit? (original) (raw)

Even amid all the topsy-turvy, line-blurring politics of the Donald Trump era, rarely have we seen something as strange as this.

After Trump allies like Elon Muskscuttled an effort to avert a government shutdown this weekend over concerns that the funding bill spends too much money, Trump joined them while adding one big demand: getting rid of the debt ceiling.