Can Biden issue a trillion-dollar platinum coin to instantly lift the debt ceiling?

GyroMagician October 7, 2021, 10:35pm 69

If someone steals my bike, then I no longer own that bike. So if someone steals a trillion dollars from the US mint, what happens to US finances?

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