Trump says US should get rid of debt ceiling

President-elect Trump said Thursday he would support abolishing the debt ceiling as he pushed the issue to the center of government spending talks with just days to avert a shutdown.

Trump told NBC News in an interview that the "smartest thing" lawmakers could do would be to get rid of the debt ceiling. A day earlier, Trump had said lawmakers must raise the debt ceiling as part of any agreement to fund the government.

“The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it...