Donald Trump said unequivocally Thursday morning that “this is the time” for government to borrow money for multiple spending priorities, an unusual position for the standard bearer of a GOP that made fiscal restraint one its signature positions during the tea party wave just six years ago.
As he has in the past, Trump cited low interest rates and the nation’s infrastructure as reasons to take out more debt. He also pointed to veterans programs and the U.S.’s “very depleted” military as additional reasons to hike federal expenditures.
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