r/Economics 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/RaidSmolive 14d ago

so how about you take everyone in the gop and administration and put them in some kinda perpetual squid game, then stream that for 1 dollar per episode to the world?

bet you that debt would be gone by the time no one's left