Trump is behind a debt spiral, adding 42% to the total debt & ~2% borrowing costs.
The debt spiral is unavoidable no matter what Bessent bullshits abt it.
It has nothing to do with being Republican, conservative, on the "right", or nationalist. It is just fiscal incompetence. https://t.co/PmKWhqibCM

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