Caroline Leavitt (White House press secretary / clips)
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He likes to repost things that he sees other people post on social media as well.
And I think it's quite refreshing that we have a president who is so open and honest directly himself.
Many a times on truth.
You are hearing directly from the president.
Well, look, this is a creative solution by the President of the United States to tackle our nation's crippling debt crisis.
As I said earlier, we are $37 trillion, trillion with a T, in debt.
And not only is the President effectively utilizing tariffs to bring in massive amounts of revenue, and there's billions of dollars coming in every month.
I know you know that even because you cover it on CNBC quite well.
So the President is focused on how can the United States government make more money?
How can we make our country
wealthy and rich again and cutting some of these unique creative deals with companies around the world and here at home is just one way the president is seeking to do that.
And I know.
We've been talking about the Affordable Care Act, enhanced premium tax credits, and sort of the politics of it all, right?
But this is a very real, tangible impact that American people will feel.
The Kaiser Family Foundation says that with the ACA enhanced premium tax credits, without them, premiums will go up 114% on average.
19 million of the 24 million people who rely on the coverage
are in states that President Trump won.
Is he concerned what will happen to those families if this tax credit expires?
And aside from the shutdown, is there a plan to keep those premiums down?
Look, as the vice president just said, we are more than happy to have this conversation.