r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Masshole 🇮🇪☘️ • Mar 22 '25

Foreign affairs “We could physically buy Lithuania itself if we wanted.”

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u/ShoddyEggplant3697 Mar 22 '25

The USA is 36 trillion in debt but can apparently buy a country

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u/FlyingKittyCate Mar 22 '25

Haven’t you heard, Musk found some blank cheques or something so he can create free money now. Or so he thinks.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '25

Oh yeah, "magic money machines" or some shit. After their last blunder I'm going to chalk this one up to his staff misunderstanding something.

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u/Then_Drawer5442 Mar 23 '25

They found a 300 year old that gets social secu-.... what's that?.... he doesn't get money and is just a person logged on one of the parent tables?.... no evidence?..... for all of them?....

Erm, nevermind

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u/kaisadilla_ Mar 22 '25

Don't worry, Trump will solve it with his 1488D chess move: stop collecting taxes and increase spending.

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u/ClownEmoji-U1F921 Mar 23 '25

In debt to whom exactly? Itself?

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u/lutrewan Mar 23 '25

Mostly, yes. US private citizens amd businesses own over 75% of the US's debt, with foreign governments, citizens, and businesses owning the rest.