What Did the President Owe, and to Whom Did He Owe It?

"This fact has frightening implications for public policy and national security. Even minor debts are a frequent reason for the government to deny a security clearance, for the obvious reason that indebted and financially desperate public servants make easy marks for bribery, blackmail and potential treason. The potentially destructive power of that sort of hold on a President of the United States is beyond comprehension." 

David Atkins at the Washington Monthly discusses Donald Trump's debt and the present danger.