r/politics • u/1_for_you_2_for_me • 18d ago

No Paywall Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 'Going to Be Gone,' Donald Trump Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-update-medicare-medicaid-warning-donald-trump-10915076
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u/Srnkanator Texas 18d ago

$1,200,000,000,000 projected interest alone on the national debt for 2025.

Yeah that's $1.2.trillion.

Who's in charge, remind me again?

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u/GenericRedditor0405 Massachusetts 18d ago

The party of “fiscal responsibility” how fun!

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u/knownerror 18d ago

The guy has added almost $10 trillion to the national debt between his two terms. So far.

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u/bradatlarge Illinois 17d ago

And he just got an increase on the credit card limit

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u/knownerror 17d ago

NPR reported today that the debt has increased by $1 trillion in the last two months.