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The national debt just crossed $39 trillion—almost doubling since Trump vowed to erase it - Fortune
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The national debt just crossed $39 trillion—almost doubling since Trump vowed to erase it Fortune Opinion | The nation’s accelerating self-assassination The Washington Post US debt surpasses $39 trillion, adding $1 trillion in 5 months The Hill America’s $38 trillion debt crisis is already here. The reckoning comes next Yahoo Finance US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran AP News