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David Axelrod: “The White House, the Senate, the Democratic Senate, the Republican house came to an agreement. That agreement was on the…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2024
The White House, the Senate, the Democratic Senate, the Republican house came to an agreement. That agreement was on the doorstep of being approved. And then Musk went on his tweet fest, and then Trump piled on and added the debt ceiling component to it.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod discusses how Musk's tweets and Trump's comments disrupted a previously negotiated agreement.

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