he released Monday — which has"promises kept" in its title — the federal government wouldn't start paying down debt for 15 years. Until then, even under the rosy projections of Trump's budget-writers, Washington would run annual deficits adding to a red-ink total that already stands at more than $22 trillion.
There was no way, given the state of the national debt or of his preferred policies, that Trump could begin to entertain the idea that he would be able to campaign in 2020 on having kept the promise that he would eliminate the national debt. Democrats say he's asking them to harm the poor and the middle-class to maintain low tax rates for individuals and corporations and to continue building up the Pentagon at the expense of non-defense agencies, which would see a 5 percent cut in discretionary spending.
That means hammering lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for blocking his proposals to eliminate federal programs and even spending requests — like the $8.6 billion he wants for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico — that would add to the expenditure side of the ledger. "The president’s budget is a chance to challenge the country to think big," said Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., the vice chairman of the House Budget Committee and a potential 2020 presidential candidate."President Trump just delivered a budget that challenges America to look backwards to a 1970s economic vision and a 5th century national security vision with a silly wall."
4% GDP growth at lower tax rate will bring significantly more tax revenue than the 1.5 GDP growth with higher Obama rate.
patsox23 have we only begun to witness the depths of this person's depravity will the GOP ever own their complicity I'm not putting question marks there for a reason.
Trump is a liar he will say whatever he thinks people need to hear to vote for him. Trump promised not to cut social security but his budget shows us he wants to. His Tax cuts made the richest even richer. Worst President in history. VOTE HIM OUT ASAP!
Hell just tell the feds to print more $$ til the Cows come home😂😂
It probably won’t, people are still mad over the last 2 presidents promising shit and doing nothing. Poor get handouts, Rich get lower taxes and breaks, while Middle-class continues to struggle
Djach 'Broke a promise?'
JuddApatow They’ve let him get away with everything else. Why would he think his follower base would possess the intelligence to stop him now?
fun fact. Racist dont really hold other racists accountable to promises made...
his only fear of red is when it comes from women
realDonaldTrump Donald, RED ink DOES stain!! Anyone that does Laundry knows this... And the American people Wii pay the price
how his Family doesn't cringe anytime he signs a Law!!
Congress is responsible for appropriations. The blame is, has been, and always will be 100% on Congress for the national debt.
Many youth are seriously concerned about climate change. They should be no less so about the national debt. How could taxes on wealthy/corporations be cut with such debt? Politicians point to taxes in other countries. What would taxes be if we didn't depend on natl credit card?
Analysts: MSNBC is a stain on real news a one sided Democrat station
Congress controls the purse strings. Stop lying.
Just like he lied about mexico paying for the wall and not cutting medicare, medicaid and ss
Still nowhere close too obamas debt. Nowhere close.
Because it’s just another in the roaring torrent of lies and fraud that his supports will hide, and his slavering base won’t hear or won’t recall. realDonaldTrump GOP VP LindseyGrahamSC FoxNews PressSec
Sounds just like the way he runs his business.
Obama did it, you said nothing fake lying socialist news
Trump's the debt guy. Everything he touches goes bankrupt.
Constitution 101 Where do tax and spending bills originate? The House...
His intention is to rob us and rip us apart. He and the republicans are gaslighting all of us. I did not witness the 60’s but this is worse. Trump openly spreads hate. It really started with FOX. 24/7 hate. I tried to watch but couldn’t stand the abuse in 96’. This is the result
Of course Trump would say that, he lives in the red, this is Mister Loophole himself.
U guys now care about the debt. Didn't care who BO went crazy with debt
Why does anyone believe a word this blustering b.s. artist has to say. He credits himself for everything that goes well and does nothing but point fingers when things don’t. It’s a mystery to me why the southern Christian community supports this moron.
it's almost as if the tea party was total bullcrap
WhitfordBradley It will - the billionaire’s tax cut is his forever!
Did he triple the national debt though?
Didn’t he say he doesn’t care because he won’t have to clean it up. He will be gone before it’s out of control. I guess he thinks he will be building his TrumpTowerMoscow
I wonder if the politicians at the WhiteHouse ever think or care about their kids, grandkids or even God.
America has been left to rot for many years-to repair the U.S. costs T'S of dollars Pres. Trump now has to spend.
How is this analysis? It's a guess about someone's thoughts. How about analysis of where this money was spent, who benefitted from it, and who didn't.
Obama was the king of ringing up debt
So you tell me what else is new....
He also promised not to do any cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Another campaign promises broken.
Obama didn’t keep not one promise, all was loaded with lies.
If he borrowed Trillions, than where is that damn wall congress? Oh! 52k each for the AOC team, Omar how much does she spend? NYC for abortions? MN. on refugees. Calif. on illegals. OK, now we know where the money is going but not to benefit the average American citizens, DEM's.
2.2 Trillion in less than 21 months.
WhitfordBradley It is going to be just one of many, many stains.
Turn off the fraud news people...poison to the mind
The worst and deceitful president of the United States. Only the fools would follow this con man.
This liar won’t take responsibilities and keeps making fake news. Disgraced!
All he has to do is keep saying 'immigrants' and his followers won't care while he fleeces them.
He is the King Of Debt...al his life
Train wreck. The economy that is.
Negative how much dam that sucks for you all since he doesn't pay anything am i right
Bills bills bills
He never said which debt. It's his he's eliminating. Corruption on a grand scale.
Trump’s borrowed trillions more? Congress is ramping up spending even as Trump tries to make cuts. We are taking in record tax revenue yet our debt goes up. Ask why.
Feel the red ink Trump
Where were you when BarackObama increase debt exponentially?
Blame Congress? Is Obama and Hillary off the hook?
He probably meant eliminating debt for his cronies and swamp buddies not for rest of the Americans.
It won’t.
Don’t worry ! In less than 2 years this moron will be out of the office... believe him... He just relies on his racist white supporters; they are going to vote for him... for sure; fortunately, all white people are not racist...
He has 6 more years. Cleaning up Obama’s mess costs 💵 💰 💵
Weird, I didn't hear you guys bitching when the last administration added $7.8 trillion to the debt. But NOW it's a problem.
JuddApatow He’ll try to blame Chelsea Clinton next
It’s never his fault and he never apologizes!
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The next democrat president will have A LOT OF MESS to clean up from him like putting the Obama care back and among others that he has put wrong and he won't put right
It won't stain him with Republicans - those hypocritical boobs only care about deficits when there's a Democrat in the White House!
Fun Fact: Obama raised our debt from 8 Trillion to 20 Trillion in his 8 feckless years. For you non-mathmeticians out there or non-taxpayers........that’s 12 Trillion dollars spent. More than all other presidents combined.
JuddApatow Still waiting to do my taxes on an index card.
It’s always about the alternatives. It seens to be shaping up to be a spendy old white man vs. an even spendier, even older white man. Probably depends on whether Dems can find a young, black, war veteran paraplegic, transgender gay woman to run for VP.
JuddApatow Republicans only cared about the debt and deficit from 2009-2017
January 21, 2021: “We’re broke!”
The country is in the RED big time. He's stealing from one department to cover the next. Watch this man , BK is his middle name.
It won't hurt Trump because msnbc will ignore this fact and, instead, read every lying tweet and show every rally. This gives Trump hundreds of millions of dollars in free media coverage, while drowning out the democratic candidate.
The list of lies grows everyday.
Just another politician to leave office much richer than when he started. Amazing what they can do on a 160k a month.
Why is MSNBC even reporting on the debt having to do with Trump With New Green Deal it is reported to cost trillions....& we have to do it ... we only have 12 yrs left... who the he&$& is gonna pay for that...
Trump's bad decisions and poor dealmaking skills have made him the 'KING OF DEBT'...something he bragged about. ..several times during the campaign... our grandkids will still be paying of.. long after he's gone
JuddApatow Hey I have a question... Are you capable of unbiased reporting?
Whoa! I thought we weren’t allowed to use red ink anymore! That’s humiliating.
just stains the country
TheJoshHill3 fakenews
No, no he'll still fix the debt, in the way he always has in the past: declare bankruptcy. It's like going quite hungry to an expensive restaurant, ordering great food, then when the check come, wondering why you have to pay for food when you're not hungry anymore
He's going to lose to AndrewYang 💰💰💰
He promised a wall and a Mexico would pay for it .. he loves clean water .,, he was going to negotiate with drug companies and we were all going to get cheap great insurance . And the middle class tax cuts .. ? All empty promises but he has time to golf 🏌️♂️
Running the country like he ran companies. Running on full on debt.
The money is going in his pocket.
How were the trillions used that he borrowed? Was there a line item entitled: Southern border Wall?
persistentpengn Just seeing him makes me ill.
Democrats and the MSM could not care less about the debt when Obama their 'Messiah' was racking up... MORE DEBT THAN EVERY OTHER PRESIDENT BEFORE HIM COMBINED....
notComey TrumpCrimeFamilyMustGo
C'mon America, send Trump packing in 2020!
Your headline is far too mild. Why not use the incendiary headline you’d have used if Hillary Clinton were prez and had done this? Hmmm? I’m sick of you’re giving this horrible president a pass with your passive headlines about the real harm he does to our country.
Trump..the poor dealmaker always blames everyone else...it's been his life's story
The debt is irrelevant as long as we have the strongest military in the world. We’re the bully that borrowed their lunch money, we’ll give it back when we have the time.
Oh wow an elected official who lied about what he would do on office
realDonaldTrump is a stain on the American flag himself.
That is what I fear.
It will.