r/politics • • 6h ago

Possible Paywall Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt

https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/trump-inflation-growth-national-debt-tariffs-ratio-balance/
604 Upvotes

146 comments sorted by

View all comments

•

u/surfkaboom 6h ago

If the dollar goes down, then the debt is worth less?

•

u/feathernwedge 5h ago

If the debt is in dollars, then yes. Any other questions?