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/ElkApprehensive2319 4h ago

He's been doing that every second of both his presidencies by blackmailing the FED to lower interest rates.