After seeing the news today about T notes being sold at a discount it got me wondering. I don't know enough about the national debt and deficit and treasuries and all of that but it seems to me perhaps he's purposely trying to make our debt to other countries disappear at a discount. Somebody help me in this logic and what would the ramifications be? We're talking about a businessman who has declared bankruptcy multiple times and still walked out as a billionaire. Is he trying to do something similar with the US economy? I wouldn't think that you could draw similarities between the two since we are capable of printing as much money as we like unlike a private business owner. What are your thoughts? Pardon my ignorance on this subject I just don't really know if it's possible or if it would even have any upsides or what the downsides would be?