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As federal debt passes $20 trillion, Trump needs to fight for spending cuts

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As federal debt passes $20 trillion, Trump needs to fight for spending cuts

As I write this piece, our total debt is about to pass the $20 trillion dollar threshold. That’s twenty trillion: a 20 followed by 12 zeros. $20,000,000,000,000.

No matter how you put it, that’s a lot of debt.

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