Trump, self-proclaimed 'king of debt,' sets new national debt record
By Lisa Needham - February 13, 2019
Trump just set a new record for the largest national debt ever — but for once, he doesn't seem to want to brag about it.
The national debt just blew through the $22 trillion mark for the very first time. It’s quite an achievement for Trump, who cared deeply about the size of that debt when Obama was president — but now can’t be bothered to address it at all.
Before running for office, Trump repeatedly went after President Obama for the size of the national debt. Back in September 2012, when the national debt stood at $16 trillion, he complained that Obama had “amassed more debt than the first 42 presidents.” A few months later, when the debt stood at $17 trillion, Trump called it “a national security risk of the highest order” and also claimed that concerns over the debt were stopping businesses from hiring or expanding.
During the 2016 campaign, Trump also bragged that he is “the king of debt” and that “nobody knows debt better than me.”
When he first took office, Trump was at least pretending to be a budget hawk, bragging that he’d decreased the debt in his first month in office and whining that “the media” hadn’t reported on it.
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And now up for grabs is Social Security and Medicare.............................if the republicans gain control......................in 2020
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