New Treasury Department numbers show that the US government racked up a $215 billion deficit in February — the largest monthly deficit in six years.

…For the full fiscal year, Treasury now projects the annual deficit will near $833 billion, and then $984 billion in fiscal 2019.

The climb back to trillion dollar deficits — a hallmark of the financial crisis — has been hastened by policies put into place in the past several months.

U.S. monthly budget deficit largest in 6 years – Mar. 12, 2018

…Because incompetence.