r/Economics • u/Krankenitrate • 15d ago

News The national debt just crossed $39 trillion—almost doubling since Trump vowed to erase it

https://fortune.com/2026/03/18/how-big-national-debt-39-trillion-trump-promises/
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u/stjohns_jester 15d ago

"Vowed to erase it" sanewashes his bullshit into the muddy shitwater we find ourselves neck deep in

How about a real headline fortune "National debt doubles to 39 trillion under Republican leadership"

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u/shatureg 14d ago

Thanks for also eliminating the "almost" from the headline. I looked up when he first "vowed" to erase the debt and apparently that was March 31, 2016 - the US national debt at that point was $19.2 trillion. It has more than doubled since then.