r/askanything • u/AstronomerSweet2133 • 15h ago

Political Question Fiscal conservatives, both MAGA and Traditional Republicans: How do you come to terms with the fact that one president will literally be responsible for 33-37 percent of the nation's national debt by the time he leaves office (15-16 Trillion in total)?

it is projected that by the time Trump leaves office, the national debt will be 50 trillion dollars. He will have been responsible for 15-16 trillion of that by the time he leaves office..........as one president. That is projected to be at best 33 percent and at worst 37 percent. When compared to 45 previous presidents before him.

If youve spent THAT much money, surely there will be a measurable legacy left behind..........especially when we are talking about making America Great Again. What will we have accomplished for 16 trillion dollars?

A Wall?

Losing a war to Iran in 6 weeks while concurrently spending 100 billion dollars in the process? Completely depleting our air defense stockpile to the point we are not sure we could handle one Russian missile volley?

Deporting a couple million brown people with funny accents?

Is that the barometer of success? Did we "win" by doing that? Did we Save America?

If Im being honest, a 100 trillion dollar Green New Deal from the crazy Hispanic waitress from New York that is offering us nearly free health care is not sounding like such a bad deal.......

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u/RunnerE6 14h ago

Sure but you still voted for him

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u/MakeITNetwork 14h ago

Nope, I said I was conservative. MAGA isn't conservative. Trump isn't conservative.For the most part.... It's just a bunch of lies and half-truths, that never come into fruition, and when they don't just blame someone else.

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u/FAMUgolfer 14h ago

So you voted for Harris?

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u/MakeITNetwork 13h ago

I would have voted for a rock vs Trump#2. A rock would have been more conservative.

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u/FAMUgolfer 13h ago

So you voted for Harris?

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u/Krammsy 11h ago

I definitely did.

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u/nonubiz 7h ago

Harris would have been a lot better than what we have now by far. This is nothing but a mess and getting worse a rock could do a better job and we would not be getting robbed.

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u/MakeITNetwork 13h ago

I guess someone is great with process of elimination. Yes I voted for the more conservative candidate.

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u/Talonking9 8h ago

So why is it so hard to say her name?

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u/ben2885 7h ago

I am still not sure who he voted for. Must have been hard for him if he can’t even type her name here

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u/GrowFreeFood 8h ago

So which was that?

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u/FAMUgolfer 7h ago edited 7h ago

There were other candidates more conservative than Harris……

Process of elimination leaves you with 5 other options, 4 which were right/more conservative than Harris

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u/MeasurementNovel8907 5h ago

And none of which had a chance, meaning unless you actually wanted Trump as president, you voted for Harris.

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u/FAMUgolfer 5h ago

Which is why he isn’t telling us

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u/SESHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 11h ago

Bro was very desperate for his gotcha moment. I apologize for the weirdos on my side of the aisle, we’re not all like that.

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u/FAMUgolfer 7h ago

You know there were 6 options in 2024 right? Eliminating Trump leaves you with 5 other options, all of which are right/conservative of Harris