U.S. Downgraded by Moody's as Trump Pushes Costly Tax Cuts

[whack]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/business/us-credit-downgrade-moodys.html

[WalterGR]

330+ comments 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44009999

[jqpabc123]

Trump and the GOP are essentially pushing the federal government toward a debt default.

It's the economic "solution" he has always relied on. Aside from tariffs (which don't really solve anything), it's the only thing he really knows well.