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They absolutely certainly can not borrow 10 trillion USD. They do have massive revolving lines of credit (think billions, not even 10s of billions, much less trillions) but those come with conditions; it's not like a credit card at that level where you can just use it your whims. I don't even think the Federal government could borrow that amount overnight.



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