Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged to slash the national deficit and curb debt during his second term, but a sobering assessment of the nation’s financial health by one of the federal government’s premier fiscal watchdogs suggests Trump 2.0’s policies have not only collectively pushed the federal deficit significantly higher, but put the country on an unsustainable path.
In its latest budget and economic outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan federal agency, revised its cumulative deficit projection for the 2026–2035 period upward by $1.4 trillion compared with its forecast from just a year ago.
“Our budget projections continue to indicate that the fiscal trajectory is not sustainable,” CBO Director Phillip Swagel said in a statement, noting the agency’s latest projections. Under laws passed in Trump’s first year back in office, the national debt in 2030 will surpass the historic high of 106% of GDP, which it reached in 1946. Meanwhile, the balance of Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted in 2032, one year earlier than the CBO projected last January.
I swapped most of my savings to Euros. A member of my residence thinks that is a weird move. Hopefully, one of us will be wrong.
Who would have thought the king of bankruptcy would have done this!?
Remember when conservatives at least pretended to be fiscally conservative?
Now it’s 100% a bigot platform. No room left for pretending about actually governing.
But think about all the bribes and money he was able to personally slurp up. Sure, we’ll have to shoulder the burden as American citizens, but won’t it be worth it if he can afford another golden toilet?
That is the right american mindset right there! USA is a great economy, as long as the 1% gets even more rich. When they get richer, the 99% gets more crumbs. As it should be.
simple solution to fix social security, at least, is to remove the cap on contributions, so the billionaires can pay their share.
I dont know what the fuck we’re gonna do about the debt though.
Deficit spending has historically worked out well because the US has been able to borrow at a rate lower than inflation, making it actually cheaper to borrow money and pay it off later. The national debt isn’t much of a concern unless we tank our credit and reputation.
So it’s a huge fucking concern.
My understanding is that our debt burden now equals our GDP with interest payments about 1 trillion dollars annually. Looks like we’re headed into a debt spiral with an economy stalling. Not an economist, but it seems like a worst-case scenario.
Thats okay, we’re also tariffing the fuck out of everyone and alienating any and every trading partner to the point they are seeking to replace us with alternatives.
Surely that will fix everything.
Yep. Everyone is in the “get out” - phase right now. Tariffs was a weapon for economic war against another country. Trump uses it on allies. Your president and vice president, litterally calling EU blood suckers, and blames us for your horrors. Even though we litterally only bought american tech, infrastructure, militiary equipment, entertainment, etc. To please the united states for keeping us safe. Now you say we gave you Nothing back. This is not a great way of treating trading partners.
I’ve given up people not being able to see evidence right in front of their faces or ignoring it just because it doesn’t agree with their sense of reality it’s just so enraging exhausting I’m so tired I just can’t anymore if Republicans want to just burn everything to the ground fucking whatever. Even if dems gain control they’re not going to do anything to reverse any of the damage he’s done
No worries, the genius American people will blame this on Obama.
What will happen is that Americans will completely ignore this until a president of the opposite party gets elected and is left trying to fix this crap. Then suddenly it’s like “look how incompetent this party is! We’re so in debt right now!”.
That’s exactly right. Assuming we get another election a dem will be in power when this shit starts hitting the fan so that’s all maga will blame it on.
How’s all that winning going for you lot? Feel great yet?
Wait until you see hyper-inflation!
“I’d like a Venti Lat-tahy”
When burning your money makes more sense cuz firewood is too expensive, that’s hyper-inflation lol.
He’s balancing the budget. Fake news. And that ten million, he deserves it. And those children he had sex with, he only did it to get Epstein arrested. We know the snowflakes don’t like it when we get upset at them not speaking the way we want. They need a safe space from us trying turn America into a place that is secure for white christian people to never be disagreed with or competed with. The bluehairs can’t handle us wasting our gasoline we complained costs too much when we roll coal on them. Lol haha sorry libturds you can’t call us names anymore.
I sincerely hope this is satire because I’ve met people that think this way.
Running the US into the ground just like his businesses.
It’s exactly what Warren Buffett said about him; an interviewer in 2016 asked: “What do you think about Trump winning the presidency, he’s a businessman”
Buffett laughed and says: “Yeah, every business he has run, he run straight into the ground.” (Still thinking it was a theoretical question)
Reporter goes: “Yes, but he is President Elect”
Buffett’s smile just kinda melted as he realized the new “business” he would be running, was the U.S.
I mean let’s just put them together as what they truly are, since according to Bannon this all starter from 4chan. Kekistocracy
Watch the FBI know Q was Epstein or Bannon or Moot all along
Already happening so they can muddy the waters and spin off more conspiracy theories to discredit the Epstein Files already obtained. Just like the Fortnite account that’s likely still being used by whoever took over Epstein’s sex trafficking ring to recruit more children.
https://reason.com/2026/02/11/epstein-files-fbi-tracked-down-anonymous-4chan-conspiracy-theorist/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/4chan-user-posted-about-jeffrey-epstein-s-death-it-was-n1041931
I’m not even convinced he’s dead anymore. We have a photo of him supposedly dead morticians are calling bullshit on and upon closer inspection of the notes photographed in his cell he seems to have been planning an escape. And more connections to the CIA and Israel as a cherry on top.
Would really love to know what is censored.
He’s dead. Otherwise Ghislaine wouldn’t have the leverage she does.
There’s specific note about a computer in palm beach with G next to it 😅
Didn’t putin do something similar while seizing power?
Trump: Wanna see some magic?
MAGA: Sure.
Trump: Look over there it’s an immigrant!
MAGA looks
Trump pickpockets
MAGA: Hey, where’s my wallet?
Trump: Oh look, it vanished and it’s now in my pocket! What a magic!
MAGA: You’re so great!
So what they’re saying is really this is Bidens and Obamas fault? Diaper Donnie had nothing to do with this surely. lol
I predict the administration will take this feedback and examine ways to… just kidding, there will be deranged posts, threats, and some kind of ham handed attempt to take over or disband the CBO.
I know people in the CBO. They are… bean counters. Very very good bean counters. But, maybe even easier to fascist away than the Fed.
Doesn’t the CBO sit in the legislative branch and not under the executive though?
So they’re under the strong protection of complicit GOP and spineless obedient Dems?
Don’t forget the 1000 mentions of passing the blame to Biden and how much they have to spend to revive the country or something like that.
That’s part of the plan: https://theweek.com/business/why-trump-wants-weak-dollar
But I heard the SNP is $50,000! They just don’t wanna talk about that.
Blondi was talking about the Dow Jones when she was trying anything and everything to distract for her coverup on behalf of the Epstein Class.
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That rant was very powerful and scary. Fortunately, she was playing to Trump and not giving us her best impression of Lawyer. Unfortunately, the fact this is what the President of the USA wants to see terrifies me.
It’s not any more…
