Trump’s own Big Beautiful Bill could add $5.5 trillion to the deficit and help sabotage his plan to ‘grow out’ of the national debt crisis

In an onstage interview at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 21, President Trump was asked how he intends to tackle the gigantic increase in federal deficits and debt, which according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and almost all private forecasts, will only keep worsening under current policies. “The big thing is growth,” responded the POTUS. “Growth is the way we go from high debt to low debt. We’re going to be growing our way out, and I think we’re going to be paying down debt.” Trump has frequently stated that his manifesto...