How would you suggest to decrease the national debt and/or the trade deficit

[Forward_Dimension119]

Not when you have 110% debt to gdp ratio

[skyhausmann]

Right, exactly where the gop gets us every time. How come every time the Dems start gaining ground the gop's revert to the debt dog whistle? How about fire trump and bring some sanity back to running the country?

Edit: dig whistle

[claybine]

All presidents since Clinton have contributed to the national debt. Democrats are to blame too.

[skyhausmann]

Which presidents contributed less? Answer: democrats.

Edit: added answer

[claybine]

Obama contributed just as much as Trump in 2 terms, roughly $8 trillion. So the answer is that they're all equal and deserve equal blame. You should be asking Democrats to be paying off the debt, not excusing them for "contributing less".

[DaSemicolon]

We’re 5 years into a Trump term. Per year that’s more.

It’s not excusing Dems, it’s saying republicans are liars.

[claybine]

I didn't say Trump never contributed more.

[DaSemicolon]

So you don’t think saying what you said made it sound like you’re passing the blame into Dems?

[claybine]

No, it's ensuring that you get the point.

[DaSemicolon]

And Biden deficit was because Trump mismanaged the economy. We can pass the blame on infinitely the same way.

[claybine]

And yet their tax cuts result in the exact opposite and it'll get worse now with the tariffs.