Peter Bowes

That's a limit on government borrowing that... The president-elect has been campaigning for he would like to see the ceiling suspended for at least the next two years. The Democrats are hailing that omission as a victory.

Their leader in the House, Hakeem Jeffries, said that they had successfully stopped, to use his words, the billionaire boys club that wanted a $4 trillion blank check by suspending the debt ceiling.

Their leader in the House, Hakeem Jeffries, said that they had successfully stopped, to use his words, the billionaire boys club that wanted a $4 trillion blank check by suspending the debt ceiling.

Well, you know, this Trump-Musk double act is emerging as certainly a new, a rather unusual force in Washington. We know that Speaker Johnson was in constant touch with the president-elect, Donald Trump, but that Elon Musk has, as you say, also weighed in, sometimes very vocally, very publicly to the situation. of many in Washington, especially the Democrats.

Well, you know, this Trump-Musk double act is emerging as certainly a new, a rather unusual force in Washington. We know that Speaker Johnson was in constant touch with the president-elect, Donald Trump, but that Elon Musk has, as you say, also weighed in, sometimes very vocally, very publicly to the situation. of many in Washington, especially the Democrats.

Remember, when the bill was first released on Tuesday, he said any member of the House or Senate who voted for what he called this outrageous spending bill deserved to be voted out in two years. He called it one of the worst bills ever written. Now, it's important to remember that no one has voted for Elon Musk. He is a Trump appointee to an unpaid post, a spending czar with the new administration.

Remember, when the bill was first released on Tuesday, he said any member of the House or Senate who voted for what he called this outrageous spending bill deserved to be voted out in two years. He called it one of the worst bills ever written. Now, it's important to remember that no one has voted for Elon Musk. He is a Trump appointee to an unpaid post, a spending czar with the new administration.

But I think many people In the Republican Party especially, we'll be watching very closely to see how or whether he continues to wield power, if that's what it is, in the way that we've seen it in the last few days.

But I think many people In the Republican Party especially, we'll be watching very closely to see how or whether he continues to wield power, if that's what it is, in the way that we've seen it in the last few days.

Well, it tells us that despite his overwhelming election win, securing both houses of Congress, having a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, it won't be all plain sailing for Donald Trump. The last few days have revealed significant differences amongst Republicans, especially on this issue of debt ceiling, fiscal policy. They don't like borrowing. And the clear message to Mr. Trump is,

Well, it tells us that despite his overwhelming election win, securing both houses of Congress, having a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, it won't be all plain sailing for Donald Trump. The last few days have revealed significant differences amongst Republicans, especially on this issue of debt ceiling, fiscal policy. They don't like borrowing. And the clear message to Mr. Trump is,

is that he won't get it all his own way.

is that he won't get it all his own way.