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Tracy Kohlbeck's avatar

A year and a half into his presidency and he’s still blaming Biden for it and his supporters are dumb enough to fall for it.

RebeccaJ's avatar

This is alarming. A billion for the ballroom/security; billions for Trump’s War in Iran; billionaires who don’t pay taxes, etc.

“The U.S. government learned last week that it may have reached an unfortunate milestone: The size of its debt surpassed the nation’s total economic output.”

“The root of the problem is well-documented and widely known. U.S. debt has soared in recent years because of a mismatch between federal spending and tax revenue…”

“For economists, the fear is that these conditions are inching the United States toward a fiscal crisis, one in which its debt is so great that the country can’t easily afford to pay the rising interest on it.”

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/us-debt-trump-policies-budget.html?unlocked_article_code=1.glA.cQCd.HIfPQtH9L0YZ&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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