I have a brief Opening Statement here before i take your questions. Yesterday, secretary of the treasury, donald reagan, sent to raisengress a request to the debt ceiling to 985 billion. This represents a dramatic jump of 50 billion over the previous debt ceiling. The administration took this action with great regret because it is clear the massive deficits our government runs is one of the root causes of our profound economic problems. And for too many years, this process has come too easily for us. We have lived beyond our means and then financed our extravagance on the backs of the American People. The clear message i received in the Election Campaign is that we must gain control of this inflationary monster. Let me briefly review for the American People what we have already done. Within moments of taking the oath of office, i placed a freeze on the hiring of civilian employees on the government. Two days later, i issued an order to cut down on government travel, reduce the number o
trump. president trump wrapped up his speech. the president pointed out a history, all the unfairness, unprecedented, frankly, that he s faced since coming down that escalator. no one man has ever been subjected to anything like this in the history of the country. the media clueded to destroy him from day one. the president laid out what he did successfully as president. it was a powerful case. he all laid out that this is a nation in decline. five presidents could not mess the country up more than joe biden. also talked about investigations that never seem to go away the entire time since he came down that escalator. take a look. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. [ applause ] now this massive election interference on a scale never seen before in our country, beginning with the radical left george soros backed pr
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administration s foreign policy priorities. he met with the press in the old executive office building next door to the white house. this video is courtesy of the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. how do you do? i have a brief opening statement here before i take your questions. yesterday secretary of the treasury donald reagan sent a request to raise the debt ceiling to $985 billion. this represents a dramatic jump of $50 billion over the previous debt ceiling. the administration took this action with great regret because it is clear that the massive deficits our government runs is one of the root caused of our profound economic problems and for too many years this process has come too easily for us. we ve lived beyond our means and then finances our extravagants on the backs of american people. the clear message i received in the election campaign is that we must gain control of this inflationary monster. let me briefly review for the american
yesterday secretary of the treasury donald reagan sent a request to raise the debt ceiling to $985 billion. this represents a dramatic jump of $50 billion over the previous debt ceiling. the administration took this action with great regret because it is clear that the massive deficits our government runs is one of the root causes of our profound economic problems and for too many years this process has come too easily for us. we ve lived beyond our means and then financed our extravagance on the backs of american people. the clear message i received in the election campaign is that we must gain control of this inflationary monster. let me briefly review for the american people what we ve already done. within moments of taking the oath of office, i placed a freeze on hiring of civilian employees in the federal government. two days later i issued an order to cut down government travel, reduced the number the number of governments and called on my appointees to exercise restrai