Trump didn’t mention the $38.8 trillion national debt once in his State of the Union, but 90% of voters are worried

President Donald Trump made history on Tuesday night with the longest State of the Union address in history. Running an hour and 47 minutes, and some 10,887 words, it included newsmaking announcements on national 401(k) accounts, the Trump Accounts available to American children, potshots at Democrats, and a cameo by the gold-medal-winning men’s hockey team. It didn’t include two words that most voters are fixated on: “national debt.”

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