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Over his 1.5 presidential terms, Trump has accumulated over a quarter of the US debt ($11T / $40T):

* https://www.us-debt-clock.com/presidents

Some mitigating circumstances are COVID in his first term (also effecting Biden), but there's also a lot of 'self-inflicted' damage, especially the last two years.

It turns out tax cuts may not actually pay for themselves (never mind ill-considered military adventures).

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It’s okay, it’s all part of the political cycle:

1. Republicans start a war and cause a recession

2. Democrats get swept into power, barely.

3. Democrats clean up the mess but key reforms are blocked by some lone asshole like Joe Lieberman.

4. Everyone complains that Democrats didn’t do enough, it’s all the immigrants’ fault, and put Republicans back in power.

5. Return to step 1.

Also, how long has it been since the Democrats have had unobstructed power like the Republicans have assembled? Both houses and the supreme Court?

Not sure if they ever had it in modern history.

Apparently the last time the Supreme Court had a liberal majority was under Lyndon Johnson.

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