America’s national debt is heading to 175% of GDP. Here’s why no president—including Trump—has the will to stop it

Steve Hanke is a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University and a board member of the Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation. He is the co-editor, with Barry W. Poulson and John Merrifield, of Public Debt Sustainability: International Perspectives. David M. Walker is the former U.S. Comptroller General and FFSF chairman.