The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.

Certainly any president - Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative - should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.

Donald Trump, when he gives his speeches, talks like a populist. And he talks to middle class and working America and poor people. But when he governs, at least in his first 40 days, he governs like a hard-right guy.

I think Donald Trump is trying to use populist rhetoric to cover up a right-wing agenda.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.

The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.