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‘Might as well’: Trump blasé on US debt default

New York | During a contentious CNN town hall, former president Donald Trump dug in on his lies about the 2020 election, downplayed the violence on January 6, 2021, and repeatedly insulted the woman whom a civil jury this week found him liable of sexually abusing and defaming.

Mr Trump, returning to the network on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) after years of acrimony, also refused to say whether he wants Ukraine to win the war against Russian aggression and said the US “might as well” default on its debt obligation, despite the potentially devastating economic consequences.

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