Trump on Coming Debt Crisis: ‘I Won’t Be Here’ When It Blows Up.
The president thinks the balancing of the nation’s books is going to, ultimately, be a future president’s problem.
Since the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s aides and advisers have tried to convince him of the importance of tackling the national debt.
Sources close to the president say he has repeatedly shrugged it off, implying that he doesn’t have to worry about the money owed to America’s creditors—currently about $21 trillion—because he won’t be around to shoulder the blame when it becomes even more untenable. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-on-coming-debt-crisis-i-wont-be-here-when-it-blows-up?source=twitter&via=desktop