The Trump administration is anxiously brainstorming policies to counter Elizabeth Warren's plans — with little success

published 6 December 2019

Student debt has reportedly reached a breaking point for President Trump, and it's mostly thanks to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).

Since the summer, Trump has grown increasingly worried about a challenge from the progressive 2020 presidential contender, and especially her proposal to forgive all student loan debt, aides tell The Washington Post. So in August, he reportedly ordered his administration to draw up its own "blueprint" for tackling student loan debt — and hasn't gotten a solid answer yet.

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Yet since Trump tasked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos with addressing the debt crisis, "months have passed after several contentious meetings with no consensus internally about how to attack the problem," the Post writes. It's hard to "rival expansive and expensive plans without proposing massive spending," the Post continues, and DeVos has continually pushed to shrink her department's spending and oversight.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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