Sheldon Whitehouse: “In Trump's first term, they added $8 trillion to the debt.”

“Oh, but the debt. Oh, but the debt. But if you take a look at where things are going In Trump's first term, they added $8 trillion to the debt. And the recent billionaires bill, this one right here is north of $4 trillion. Five and a half trillion dollars if made permanent.” (00:34–00:40)

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