High Debt and Rising Prices Catch Up to Trump, as Midterms Near NYT > Top Stories By: Tony Romm 29 August 2026 at 12:02 To win in 2024, the president promised an economic course correction. Almost two years later, his agenda has made that fight even harder. © Haiyun Jiang/The New York TimesA series of concerning economic snapshots for President Trump have been released over the past week.
In Trump’s Washington, Ballooning National Debt Stirs Little Action NYT > Top Stories By: Peter Baker 28 August 2026 at 00:15 The relative indifference to the news that the U.S. government now owes $40 trillion demonstrates how drastically the politics of deficit spending has changed. © Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesA sign showing the national debt last week at a bus stop in Washington.
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