Chinese leader Xi Jinping is presiding over a dangerous spiral of debt that is strangling the economy at home and damaging trade partners around the world.

Imports and the trade deficit have ballooned in recent months, defying the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce it through tariffs.

The U.K.’s welfare bill has ballooned, its borrowing costs are now higher than any G-7 nation and it’s paying more for its debt than even spendthrift France.

Imports and the trade deficit have ballooned in recent months, defying the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce it through tariffs.

The U.K.’s welfare bill has ballooned, its borrowing costs are now higher than any G-7 nation and it’s paying more for its debt than even spendthrift France.

The U.K.’s welfare bill has ballooned, its borrowing costs are now higher than any G-7 nation and it’s paying more for its debt than even spendthrift France.

The U.K.’s welfare bill has ballooned, its borrowing costs are now higher than any G-7 nation and it’s paying more for its debt than even spendthrift France.

The U.K.’s welfare bill has ballooned, its borrowing costs are now higher than any G-7 nation and it’s paying more for its debt than even spendthrift France.

The U.K.’s welfare bill has ballooned, its borrowing costs are now higher than any G-7 nation and it’s paying more for its debt than even spendthrift France.

The U.K.’s welfare bill has ballooned, its borrowing costs are now higher than any G-7 nation and it’s paying more for its debt than even spendthrift France.

The U.K.’s welfare bill has ballooned, its borrowing costs are now higher than any G-7 nation and it’s paying more for its debt than even spendthrift France.

𝗡𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲. 🇺🇸Under Trump's administration, the NIH terminated or froze 𝟭𝟭𝟲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 $𝟮𝟳𝟯 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻, 65 Alzheimer's grants worth $94 million and 68 diabetes grants worth $83 million — a combined $𝟰𝟱𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in lifesaving research eliminated — according to a Senate HELP Committee report. Yet the same administration found money for: a 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝘁 $𝟰𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻, a 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 $𝟲𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 with half from taxpayers, 𝟮𝟱𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 $𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻, a 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 $𝟯𝟰 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝗖𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗰 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 $𝟮𝟮.𝟱+ 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻. A Washington Post-ABC poll found 56% of Americans opposed the ballroom project — including 45% who "strongly oppose" it. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society formally denounced the research cuts. The American Association of Cancer Research warned the cuts damage America's position as a global leader in medicine. This is not a money problem. When you cut $450 million in cancer research and spend $767+ million on pageantry — that is a 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺.𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵?Drop your honest thoughts below — what should be America's real priority?#𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 #𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘀 #𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 #𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 #𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 #𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴View all 1,277 comments

The U.K.’s welfare bill has ballooned, its borrowing costs are now higher than any G-7 nation and it’s paying more for its debt than even spendthrift France.

The U.K.’s welfare bill has ballooned, its borrowing costs are now higher than any G-7 nation and it’s paying more for its debt than even spendthrift France.