To the Editor:

In “Business Got Big Tax Cut; Lobbyists Made It Bigger” (front page, Dec. 31), you report: “The budget deficit has jumped more than 50 percent since Mr. Trump took office and is expected to top $1 trillion in 2020, partly as a result of the tax law.” President Trump often bragged about being “the king of debt.” Soon the burgeoning budget deficit will lead to him being the king of national debt.

Trump supporters who aren’t rich seem unfazed by his being a reverse Robin Hood who gives to the rich by borrowing money that will have to be paid back by all of us — and our children and grandchildren. They seem to be focused only on the present benefits to the economy and their pocketbooks. Like Scarlett O’Hara they say: “I’ll think about that tomorrow. . . . Tomorrow is another day.”

Does Mr. Trump understand the difference between private sector debt and national debt? Now that he is C.E.O. of America, I fear how his glib attitude toward debt (and bankruptcy) will play out.

Michael Biales

Acton, Mass.

To the Editor:

The headline for your article should have been: “Under Trump, the Rich Get Richer While Food Stamps Are Cut and the Deficit Grows.”