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And he said they had forwarded recommendations to the administration about offsets that came out of mandatory spending programs. looking at things like entitlements. they are going to want that money paid for if there's going to be a discussion of broader infrastructure. >> bret: speaker of the house is a former vice presidential nominee who campaigned in front of the national debt clock. >> you heard john thune say something really different than what the president is talking about. >> that seemed odd. at this deal put forth is one that's difficult for democrats to fight. you get everything y...

Democrats don't at all. now it is sort of like our guy is, these are not his issues, so we are going to pretend like it's gone and kicking that can on a bipartisan basis is screwing over our generation and it bothers me. >> shannon: when you walk by that clock at sixth avenue in new york and it's constantly going -- the national debt clock that goes -- faster than your eyes can follow it. it is a little bit -- >> shannon: the one thing i wily that i knocked the president or from a politics of it, the fact that he had the tax legislation, and he's not going out to tell us, going to trump countr...

Capitol hill about the deficit and debt. here is candidate trump talking about that. >> we owe $18 trillion. we're going to 21 trillion and ultimately 24. that's the magic word. 24 trillion is the magic number. that's like the point of no return. we are there quickly. we are going to end up being another greece and maybe another detroit. that's where our country's going. >> bret: if you look at the national debt clock, it stands at 20.6 trillion. there are republicans and democrats who have found the light when it comes deficit debt. what do you think about that? >> this president is very conc...

Think you can take a real estate tax that you are required to make and dress that up that is a charitable contribution. i hope that the states are more focused on cutting their budgets and giving tax cuts to their people in their states than they are in trying to evade the law. >> thank you very much. as the national debt clock approaches 21 trillion, is this something the administration is concerned about? >> under the last administration it has gone up. so we are focused on the debt. that's why we are focused on economic growth more revenues for the economy and more tax receipts for the gove...

That you can take a real estate tax that you're required to a make and dress that up as a charitable contribution. i hope that the states are more focused on cutting their budgets and giving tax cuts to their people in their states than they are on trying to evade the law. >> thank you very much. the actual debt clock approaches $21 trillion, is this something that the administration's concerned about? >> again, i think we've said under the last administration, the debt has gone from 10 trillion to 20 trillion and, of course, we're focused on the debt. and that's why we're focused on economic ...