Tyler Kendall

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We just heard from the Treasury Secretary Scott Besant maintaining that the U.S.

has a strong dollar policy, but a rather relaxed tone from President Trump last night.

And the president himself going back has had concerns.

competing views before, right?

He's previously signaled that a strengthening could help in bilateral trade negotiations, but he has also long maintained that a weaker currency could be better when it comes to boosting some of those industries that he has been focused on, particularly domestic.

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The issue with that, though, is that any changes to the broader spending package would have to get kicked back down to the House and the crown of Washington until February 2nd, which means that they would have to come back in early.

And we're already starting to see some issues and delays on Capitol Hill related to the weather.

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The issue with that, though, is that any changes to the broader spending package would have to get kicked back down to the House and the Crown of Washington until February 2nd, which means that they would have to come back in early.

And we're already starting to see some issues and delays on Capitol Hill related to the weather.

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If we look at the math here, Republicans need seven Democrats to get on board with the spending package as it stands.

And we've already started to see some of those Democrats that supported Republicans last time around start to peel off when it comes to their support.

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The Senate is right now considering six spending bills that would fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year.

One of those in part funds the Department of Homeland Security.

And Democrats now want to see some of that funding stripped out.

The issue with that, though, is that any changes to the broader spending package would have to get kicked back down to the House and the Crown of Washington until February 2nd, which means that they would have to come back in early.

And we're already starting to see some issues and delays on Capitol Hill related to the weather.

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This appeared to have started in Davos, where we heard the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in his speech not name a President Trump, but it was widely seen as a sharp rebuke of this administration's and its policies.

particularly around trade.

And in response, as you just mentioned, the president has withdrawn another centerpiece that happened in Davos, the signing of the Board of Peace, even though Mark Carney had already accepted the offer in principle.

And President Trump, of course, didn't hold back in name checking Carney in his speech.

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