Steve Forbes: Trump Made the Right Decision to ‘Clear the Decks’ on Debt Ceiling

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CAVUTO: "All right. So, President Trump already dealing with dual storms. I’m not talking about hurricane Irma and Jose. There’s an outcry from the Republicans, the idea of tying together aid with hurricane victims and the debt ceiling and keeping it going a couple of months. And you were just more or less saying he had to do what he did, he could move on and get the aid out to people and maybe get, clear the decks for tax reform and all of that, so all good there, right?" 
FORBES: "Well, it’s circumstance. The American people are not going to understand why are you holding up aid to people, obviously distressed and the storms coming and you’re fooling about a thing called a debt ceiling. No, clear the decks and fight that battle another day."
CAVUTO: "I talked to a Republican congressman who said a stand alone bill would have been approved if he’d submit it had that way, but given the closeness of the debt ceiling nightmare, best to do it this way? 
FORBES: "Yes, because then they’re going to wonder, are they going to get the debt ceiling done? Where are you going to get the money from? If you can’t legally borrow it and—" 
CAVUTO: "So you agree with the president doing what he did?" 
FORBES: "It’s an emergency thing and I think the American people do. The key thing is what happens next, both on the Republican side and on the White House side? I think one of the things the White House is going to discover, as much as senator Schumer and Nancy Pelosi might like to cut a deal, the base of their party, is going to severely restrict what they’re going to do in terms of concessions. So I don’t think you’re going to get another—"