Trump Says US Is 'Way Under-Levered' Despite Nearly $40 Trillion Debt: 'The Total Value Of America…'

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President Donald Trump defended the escalating national debt, comparing it to real estate leveraging. He also proposed that the government should hold equity in corporations. Economist Steve Hanke, an...

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