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keithbvadu2

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1. 2016 - The U.S. has $19 trillion in debt, and Donald Trump is upset about it.

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Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:53 PM

Jun 2019

The U.S. has $19 trillion in debt, and Donald Trump is upset about it.

Once upon a time, he said he would get rid of all of it in eight years. He walked that back, but his positions on how to handle that debt are still making headlines. Just a few days ago, it seemed like Trump wanted to renegotiate America's debt with the nation's creditors — a potentially disastrous policy. Then it seemed like he was offering a subtler solution. Then he said the U.S. government could print money to stave off default.

https://www.npr.org/2016/05/09/477350889/donald-trumps-messy-ideas-for-handling-the-national-debt-explained
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2016 - Great, Donald Trump Threatened To Default On The National Debt

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-default-national-debt_n_572d08e3e4b096e9f0917fac

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2016 - The U.S. has $19 trillion in debt, and Donald Trump is upset about it. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #1