Trump's budget director criticises Treasury Sec. over debt-ceiling issue.
In response, Trump says his Treasury Sec is point on the debt-ceiling issue.
Treasury Sec. has trouble getting traction on the hill.
Trump doesn't do anything else to back the Treasury Sec.
That's the setup.
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Trump's statement is Trump for "I'm not going to undercut you yet."
In other administrations, we would have had the chief executive occasionally reminding people that, no really, the Treasury Sec. is point on the debt-ceiling issue. Trump hasn't.
This is using Trump's favorite management technique: fear. Make you always look over your shoulder at The Boss while you try to get your job done.