Trump and the Debt:

[applegrove]

This kind of shit is exactly how Trump's already spent trillion in only 10 months.

— Iwisha_Beechwood (@lori3030.bsky.social) 2025-11-26T20:53:32.383Z

[Irish_Dem]

1. Look at the Trump Crime Family offshore accounts.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. A Financial Genius

Under Obama, the debt rose by under $9 trillion in 8 years. And he inherited a brutal economy, a banking crisis, and an auto industry in shambles. Absent those issues it was really more like $6 trillion.
With Trump in office, $12.9 trillion in 5 years. And, ge did nothing but complain how Obama ran up the debt.
Of course, finding ways to take on new debt was all he's ever done.

[Greg_In_SF]

3. Our debt

is not currently $39 Trillion.

[House of Roberts]

5. Ok. More? Less?

Why the discrepancy between your number and their number?

[bsiebs]

6. It is actually...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_States

[Greg_In_SF]

12. Your link

confirms that it is not in fact $39 trillion.

[bsiebs]

13. So you quibble about $38T vs $39T? I'll pass on that distinction...

[Greg_In_SF]

14. Okay

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

4. That's how you say "fiscal responsibility" in Republican. (n/t)

[moreland01]

7. I've always believed that

republicans purposely run up the debt and deficit as a way to eventually say we can't afford any of the FDR new deal programs anymore.

[applegrove]

9. That is totally what they do.+1000

[multigraincracker]

8. Think I may go long on future interest rates.

Vanguard has a Money Market tied to government bonds. Not a lot of money, but I don’t pay interest, I collect it. My goal and sticking with it.

[Godot51]

10. The National Debt...

... is only important when a Democratic administration is in the White House.

Then the republicans use it to berate, shame and accuse the president of incompetence in order to block any chances of a progressive agenda, such as national health care, veterans' benefits, helping the helpless, and improving the lives of the actual people.

[KentuckyWoman]

11. My fancy silver hat

Says the purpose of the shutdown was to float the treasury for 30 days and pocket the profits.