Trump Warns Of Debt Ceiling “Mess”; Blames McConnell, Ryan

Conveniently coming just as warned that according to the T-Bill market, the odds of a government shutdown are now the highest they have been this cycle, moments ago Trump tweeted what appears to be a warning that the debt-ceiling process is setting up for failure, saying he had requested that Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan tie the debt ceiling legislation into the V. A. Bill (which passed), adding that they did not do it, and as a result we “now have a big deal with Dems holding them up (as usual) on Debt Ceiling approval. Could have been so easy-now a mess!”
I requested that Mitch M & Paul R tie the Debt Ceiling legislation into the popular V. A. Bill (which just passed) for easy approval. They…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2017

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Aug 24, 2017.