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Trump walks back pledge to eliminate debt in a decade

By Gabby Morrongiello
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Trump walks back pledge to eliminate debt in a decade

Donald Trump is walking back his previous pledge to erase the national debt after about a decade if he’s elected president.

“You have said you plan to pay off the country’s debt in 10 years. How is that possible?” a reporter for Fortune Magazine asked the Republican presidential front-runner in an interview published Friday.

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