The president says he is willing to discuss possible deficit savings, but without the threat of the federal government being unable to pay its bills. Come on an adventure inside the research facility holding the Civil War-era document that could bar former President Donald Trump from the White House.The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. To hear one Republican tell it, the GOP will "blow crap up" if the White House circumvents them on the debt ceiling. The 14th Amendment was necessary to make clear that Black people, as well as anyone born in the country or naturalized, were American citizens. The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Former US President Donald Trump is leading in public opinion polls for the Republican nomination for president in 2024.