First because the Republican budget massively increases the debt rather than being an austerity budget designed to curb it.
Second, inflation and high interest rates are a way more effective way to reduce the debt burden than a low growth/low interest rate environment.
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this came from a former Jones Day lawyer, Stu, who admittedly said it's the only slightly plausible explanation other than incompetence and malevolence that he can think of.