ChainCatcher News, the newly elected President Trump stated that Congress should eliminate the debt ceiling. A day ago, Trump publicly opposed the agreement reached by congressional members to fund the government before the shutdown.

In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said that completely eliminating the debt ceiling would be "the wisest thing Congress could do." I would fully support it. "Democrats say they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I will lead the charge." Trump stated that the debt ceiling is a meaningless concept, and no one really knows what would happen if the debt ceiling were ever breached—whether it would be a disaster or meaningless. No one should want to know the answer. "It makes no sense other than psychologically," he said. (Jinshi)