Letter: Utah’s leaders can’t warn us that the national debt is an existential threat while dismissing the $4.7 trillion in projected deficits they have added to it

(Julia Demaree Nikhinson | AP) President Donald Trump speaks at the White House, Monday, July 13, 2026, in Washington. Behind Trump, from left: U.S. Rep. Mike Kennedy; U.S. Sens. John Curtis and Mike Lee; Gov. Spencer Cox; House Speaker Mike Schultz, R-Hooper; and Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary Kate MacGregor.

Letter: Utah’s leaders can’t warn us that the national debt is an existential threat while dismissing the $4.7 trillion in projected deficits they have added to it

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