Umm, pretty sure it's a joke, since what you posted is "takeover" like a business and mostly due diligence before shareholders approve the merger and such.
Yes, doesn't need to be run like a business but also doesn't have to dig itself into a deep, deep hole by spending like a drunken sailor and then just printing some more money, feels unsustainable in the long term.
But, hey, sell off Alaska or Hawaii (Japan easily buys the latter) and all our debts could be wiped out tomorrow...
"Debt" is just what one arm of the government owes to another. How did the US pay off the debt from WWII? It didn't. It's all political jousting and posturing. $34 trillion sounds like a lot, and it is. But not in comparison to the GDP. And the truth is the US collects a much smaller percentage of its GDP in taxes than other wealthy nations, so a solution is easily had given the political will. I'm more concerned about tackling climate change than short-term nothing-burger problems.
Was homelessness a topic in the election?
https://politiko.com.ph/2024/12/28/u...exo2oRMR7sMhyw
Indirectly. They were part of Trump's gang of illegal, border-crossing, fentanyl-pushing rapists and murderers coming to take jobs from housed, well fed people.
A question regarding the speaker. If say 99% of Republicans want Johnson out can the Democrats plus the 1% vote to keep him? I assume he would resign if that was the case.