Actually this is what Trump sais:
"I will bring this country to a brink of default and total disaster unless you give me what I want."
Actually, the facts being what they are and the USA having a 20 trillion dollar national debt, it should be said that
Obama bought the country to the brink of default, and I Donald Trump an going to build a wall to keep the crack and meth out, or at least slow it so that we the USA can get on with making America Great Again.
But I'm not the Donald's speechwriter...................yet
Debt cieling is not about spending, it's about PAYING THE BILLS.
but even if it WAS about spending - Trump's wall is just another SPENDING item.
Food stamps have been costing the country 70 billion a year the past couple of years. A Trump wall cold cost anywhere from 13 to 20 billion dollars one time only.
My money says the wall is a much better investment than supporting people who don't want to work for their own food.
Food stamps and welfare fulfill a need for many Americans, granted there is abuse in the system, like all systems. Take it from me as a landlord and a small business owner in poor and minority neigborhoods. The people served by social services and EBT do need help, although yes, there is abuse, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. If people want to preach their religion, fine. I don't see a reason why they should get a tax kickback for it though.
States run by Republican governors have proven many people don't need food stamps. They enforced requirements such as having a job working 20 hours a week, volunteering their time 20 hours a month, or being enrolled in a vocational program to prepare for a job. Most of those hungry people decided to drop out of the food stamp program.
Besides, if we cut food stamps in half for one year, used that money to build the wall, then we can return food stamps to it's current level, we would have enough to build the highest tech wall available.