Josh Marshall: I suspect this will just end up being something Old Man Trump said on a plane and we won't hear about it again. But after recents, who are we kidding? Anything is possible.
Trump Says Some Treasury Notes May Not Be Real talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump ...
-- Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) February 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Trump's Treasuries Remark Was on Payments, Not Debt, Hassett Says
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... President Donald Trump's weekend comments regarding irregularities in Treasury payments were a reference to billionaire Elon Musk's claims that the government had made improper transfers to contractors and grant recipients -- not an expression of concern about payments to bondholders, the president's top economic adviser said Monday. ...
So, Pres Trump's top economic adviser had to walk-back Pres Trump's comments because he (the President) was having either memory issues or lying?
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