Trump frustrated with GOP lawmakers over debt-limit quandary
President-elect Trump wants congressional Republicans to figure out a way to avoid a default on the national debt after venting his frustration with the Senate GOP over their failure to raise the debt limit as part of a government-funding package last month.
Trump told Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) at a recent meeting that it’s now up to him to find a way around the debt-limit impasse, according to a Republican source familiar with the conversation.
“The debt...