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President Trump said Thursday that he would be open to eliminating the debt ceiling, a routine procedural move that has become heavily politicized in recent years._ --- Jul 27, 2023 10:34 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Bill, Clearing Final Hurdle to Avoid Default](/video/JOhO9HLp/) ### Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Bill, Clearing Final Hurdle to Avoid Default [What to Know About the History of the Debt Ceiling](/video/sJUEUsSN/) ### What to Know About the History of the Debt Ceiling [5 Simple Strategies to Eliminate Credit Card Debt MONEY](/video/pwXBQfri/) ### 5 Simple Strategies to Eliminate Credit Card Debt MONEY --- ## Transcript [00:00] It could be discussed. For many years people have [00:02] been talking about getting rid of debt ceiling [00:05] altogether. And there are a lot of good reasons to do [00:07] that. So certainly that's something that will be [00:10] discussed. We even discussed it at the meeting that we [00:12] had yesterday. It complicates things. It's really not [00:17] necessary because you're talking about budget. So it's [00:19] really not necessary. But it's certainly something we [00:22] could discuss. But as long as it's there, it will never be [00:25] violated. 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