#shorts Reporter: So, a new poll is showing that 58% of Democrats support raising a debt ceiling while reducing the federal deficit. The House Speaker is saying the President still wants to increase spending next year. Is the President out of touch on this?

KJP: No, the President is not out of touch at all. I just laid out at the top what the President’s budget looks like. It looks like decreasing the deficit by another trillion dollars over a decade. And this is adding to what the President has done the first two years — decreasing the deficit by $1.7 trillion.

Reporter: So — and the fact that there’s an interest from other world leaders in our debt ceiling talks, has the lack of a deal cost the President’s stature here to take a hit?

KJP: Not at all.

5/19/2023, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held a press gaggle in Hiroshima, Japan. Joe Biden is currently in Japan participating in the 2023 G7 Summit. Reporters on Friday peppered Jake Sullivan and Karine Jean-Pierre with questions about the looming default. Debt ceiling talks are on hold over “unreasonable” White House demands as a default looms. Joe Biden waited 97 days to engage in debt ceiling talks with House Speaker McCarthy and other congressional leaders.

We are days away from the US government defaulting and Joe Biden refuses to budge after House Republicans passed a resolution. Biden refuses to negotiate with McCarthy. KJP and Jake Sullivan repeated old, tired talking points and insisted Biden is taking the debt ceiling negotiations seriously.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/XAT28PW5V1g
Q: 58% support reducing deficit, but Biden wants increase spending? A: cut deficit $1.7T (not true)