{"id":371771,"date":"2026-08-20T19:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-debt-hits-40t-matt-egan-has-the-price-per-american\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:00:13","slug":"us-debt-hits-40t-matt-egan-has-the-price-per-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-debt-hits-40t-matt-egan-has-the-price-per-american\/","title":{"rendered":"US debt hits $40T. Matt Egan has the price per American"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/dqKmjoKFiC0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US debt hits $40T. Matt Egan has the price per American\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dqKmjoKFiC0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The United States is digging itself into an ever-deeper debt hole. <\/p>\n<p>The federal debt hit a record $40 trillion on Tuesday, according to the Treasury Department. It\u2019s an inauspicious milestone that will have consequences for Americans, businesses and the government for years to come. <\/p>\n<p>While the nation has long carried a significant amount of debt, there are several recent trends that have budget and financial markets experts even more concerned. <\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s Matt Egan explains what it all means. Also, John Berman asks Stef Kight and Margaret Talev from Axios how much of a problem it is for Republicans. And CNN&#8217;s Kate Bolduan speaks to Rep. Stephen Lynch from the Financial Services Committee about why the US Congress always talks about the national debt but never acts on it. <\/p>\n<p>0:00 What does the $40 Trillion debt mean to an average American?<br \/>\n4:05 Republicans love to talk about national debt except when in power<br \/>\n8:10 What is Congress&#8217; role in tackling the national debt?<\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#economy #trump #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is digging itself into an ever-deeper debt hole. The federal debt hit a record $40 trillion on Tuesday, according to the Treasury Department. It\u2019s an inauspicious milestone that will have consequences for Americans, businesses and the government for years to come. While the nation has long carried a significant amount of debt, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":371772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-371771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US debt hits $40T. Matt Egan has the price per American | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch US debt hits $40T. Matt Egan has the price per American for free, here on News ISC. 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