Trump’s new 'fantastic story' is 'virtually impossible': top economist

Last week, the U.S. reached an alarming new milestone when the national debt surpassed $40 trillion. In the days that followed, the Trump administration voiced a solution that a leading budget economist has declared a “fantastic story” that is “virtually impossible.” “It’s been a problem for 35 years,” Trump told reporters Friday when asked about the debt . “And what we have now … is we have…