Why it matters, how it happened, and what to do about it.
By JD Breen
Pretium Insights
August 26, 2026
It took two centuries for the US government to dig a trillion dollar hole. As the ditch approached that depth, Ronald Reagan gave youtube . The president proclaimed that "If we as a nation needed a warning, let [this] be it."
He then climbed in the excavator and ignored the alert.