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Stephen A. Smith and Bill O’Reilly clash on Trump’s ability to lower debt

By Jenny Goldsberry
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Talk show hosts Stephen A. Smith and Bill O’Reilly squabbled about whether President Donald Trump will lower the national debt.

The United States currently has a debt of $36 trillion. The debt total was $30 trillion in February 2022 before it increased by a trillion in October of that year. By the end of 2023, it increased to over $34 trillion. In July 2024, the national debt surpassed $35 trillion, and just 118 days later, the U.S. registered $36 trillion in debt.

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