[Trump and Vance Release Joint Statement, Calling for Congress to Discuss Debt Ceiling Issue Now] Golden Finance reports that U.S. President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance released a joint statement on X, stating that "raising the debt ceiling is not a good thing, but we would rather do it during Biden's term." "If the Democrats are not willing to cooperate on the debt ceiling issue now, who would think they would cooperate during our administration in June? Let's have this debate now," Trump and Vance said in the statement. Trump and Vance also called on Congress to "pass a streamlined spending bill, preventing Senate Majority Leader Schumer and the Democrats from doing as they please."