The looming debt ceiling vote is the proper hook. The rise within the annual deficit beneath Trump ranks because the third-largest enhance, relative to the dimensions of the economic system, of any U.S. presidential administration. Lengthy earlier than Covid, Republicans in Congress had been advised by the Trump White Home to spend extra — and that spending contributed to the present debt disaster. Mr. Trump will say he was fiscally accountable, however the precise numbers don’t lie. “We are able to’t afford these deficits. We…
