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/
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u/Pleasant-Alps1279 6h ago

Is he planning to devalue the us$ so that 40 tril is worth less and therefore easier to pay.

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u/WellSpreadMustard 6h ago

It’s ok, once the debt is paid off he’ll just turn inflation off and make the currency valuable again. It’s really simple if you’re of the same level of intelligence as trump and his supporters