National Debt Has Soared Under Trump

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National Debt Has Soared Under Trump

May 7, 2026 at 12:32 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 100 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/07/national-debt-has-soared-under-trump/

Rolling Stone: “You probably missed an obscure but important milestone our country hit last week: America’s debt passed 100 percent of our gross domestic product.”

“So what, you say? That sounds boring and technical. It’s actually really fucking important. It means that America’s accumulated debt — our impulse to borrow from other people to pay for the things we want and need — is now larger than the total size of the American economy. It shouldn’t take an economist to recognize this as bad and definitionally unsustainable.”

“The last time our deficit passed 100 percent of GDP, it was World War II. But when countries pass this milestone in ordinary times, it is a formula for decline that has accompanied the fall of republics and empires alike.”

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Remember Donny campaigning on

Our ballooning national debt and cutting wasteful spending?

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3. I read that as 'our ballrooming national debt'. LOL!

[Norrrm]

2. While America's debt has increased, so has Trump's wealth.

While America's debt has increased, so has Trump's wealth.

[Permanut]

4. Ordinary times?

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5. Why do they have two figures for thr national debt. I have been hearing it is 38 trillion but

some say it is 31 trillion?