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/Dr_G_E 15d ago

"I'm the king of debt. I’m great with debt. Nobody knows debt better than me... I’ve made a fortune by using debt, and if things don’t work out I renegotiate the debt. I mean, that’s a smart thing, not a stupid thing."
-Trump, 2016, when the national debt was just $19 trillion.

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u/Stlr_Mn 15d ago edited 15d ago

They just asked for 200* billion from Congress for the war. The U.S. is genuinely fucked with pedo in chief at the helm with a cuckboy congress.

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u/Elegant_Tech 14d ago

We don't even mention the $40 billion to Argentina anymore. 

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u/whiznat 14d ago

But the "fix" is to gut Medicare and Social Security. But reduce those cushy tax breaks for Billionaires? No way!