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Sean Duffy: “Do they think they can go from 31.5 trillion to 50 trillion…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Sean Duffy Interview • The Bottom Line

Published | Video Starts at 11:40

How do you protect yourself so you can Buy some gold, you can buy some silver, you can buy some Bitcoin. But the end of this is really bad. And I look at that and go, Do they think they can go from 31.5 trillion to 50 trillion to 70 trillion? How many trillion can you borrow before people are like, I'm not buying that debt anymore. It's worthless. That day will come. And they know that. I think it's intentional. Because the way you rebuild a society is you first destroy it. (11:40–11:51)

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Asserts that the national debt is increasing unsustainably and will eventually lead to a loss of confidence in U.S. debt.

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