For Harris and Trump, runaway US debt is the elephant in the room

Both presidential candidates have unveiled costly proposals that would greatly add to the ballooning national debt.

Once upon a time, the United States’s ballooning national debt was a major talking point of presidential elections.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s final debate in 2016 featured a dedicated 12-minute segment on the topic.

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney clashed on the issue during all three of their debates in 2012.

Fast-forward to 2024 and, apparently, the national debt is not important any more.

The word “debt” did not come up once during Trump and Kamala Harris’s first, and so far only, debate earlier this month.