Trump wouldn’t erase the national debt — he’d double it

Published April 5, 2016 8:53pm ET



The ever-growing national debt stands at $19 trillion. It would be a tall task for any president to reduce it. But Donald Trump says he would eliminate the entire national debt: all $19 trillion, during eight years in the White House. Could that really be possible?

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