Biden ‘Confident’ on Reaching Debt Deal as GOP Bashes Japan Trip
- President says he will be in close contact with McCarthy
- Biden cutting overseas trip short as deadline for deal nears
President Joe Biden expressed confidence that negotiators would reach an agreement to avoid a catastrophic default, even as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy criticized his decision to travel to Japan for an international summit.
“I’m confident that we’ll get the agreement on the budget and that America will not default,” Biden said Wednesday at the White House, shortly before departing to Hiroshima, Japan for a Group of Seven leaders summit.