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Cutting enough to do what?

Address deficit spending? Trump and the GOP do not care about that at all, they're looking at increasing the deficit dramatically.

The GOP has done an amazing job selling people on topics like the deficit, trade, big tech and doing the opposite and people still fall for it.

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Would you be willing to put your money where your mouth is on this issue? Bet that the deficit will go up more over the next 4 years compared to the last 4 years? On January 20, 2021, when President Biden took office, the U.S. national debt stood at approximately $27.8 trillion By January 20, 2025, as he exited office, the debt had risen to about $36.1–36.2 trillion. Are you willing to bet that Donald Trump will wrack up more than 8.3 trillion in debt?

Would it matter? I don't put much into "you should bet me / someone" as having any meaning. Let alone on whatever terms they randomly pick.

I don't bet people about anything ...

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