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2023-05-17 01:51:41 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 17DC9311530735BABA0FE9052F808235438241D694CB822F35170CC540CA305F
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Trump’s budget—his own budget—projects debt held by the public will hit $22.8 trillion by 2025, more than 50% higher than the year he took office. (Debt held by the public was $14.7 trillion in 2017.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/12/trump-vowed-eliminate-debt-years-hes-track-leave-it-least-percent-higher/ Federal finances under Trump had become dire even before the pandemic. https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump
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