US debt tops $40 trillion amid concern over borrowing costs

Donald Trump likes to boast about the health of the economy. He prides himself on the claim that under his administration the United States is the world’s “hottest” economy, even as the data begin to undermine that narrative. On Tuesday, gross U.S. public debt surpassed the $40 trillion mark, according to the Treasury Department’s daily financial report.

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