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- Trump said at a CNN Town Hall this week that the GOP should "do a default" if they don't get spending cuts to raise the debt ceiling.
- Sen. JD Vance defended Trump's comments to Axios, saying he was just giving "political advice."
- Still, other Republican senators said defaulting is not an option.
Former President Donald Trump weighed in on the debt ceiling crisis this week — and he thinks Republicans' best bet is to hurdle into economic catastrophe. Ohio's freshman GOP senator is listening.