Q: short-term extension on the table? A: very very clear, President is — and I have been very clear

#shorts Reporter: Can you give us any sense if a short-term extension is still on the table …
KJP: So, look — look, I’m not going to go- — negotiate from here. Going to be very clear: We see a path forward. We think there’s a path forward. We’re optimistic about that.

Reporter: Is it, sort of, still the position of the White House that the White House is not negotiating over the debt ceiling?

KJP: We are not. We are very, very clear about that. The President has been very clear about that. What we’re having — we’re having a separate conversation about the budget … we’ve been very clear: We cannot default. We are not a country that defaults on our debt. And the President is — and I have been very clear about that.

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/jKoVISglZFw
Q: short-term extension on the table? A: very very clear, President is — and I have been very clear