People pass by a billboard showing the US national debt in Washington, DC on August 19, 2026. The US national debt is approaching a record 40 trillion dollars. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

An electronic display shows the US national debt at a bus shelter in Washington, DC on August 19, 2026. The US national debt is approaching a record 40 trillion dollars. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Drivers queue at a Rosneft petrol station in Moscow on August 19, 2026. Russian authorities acknowledged that some regions face new petrol shortages, as Ukraine steps up attacks on the country's oil refineries. Ukraine has concentrated its long range drone and missile strikes on refineries as it seeks to blunt Russia's capacity to pursue the war between the neighbours. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP via Getty Images)

Drivers queue at a Rosneft petrol station in Moscow on August 19, 2026. Russian authorities acknowledged that some regions face new petrol shortages, as Ukraine steps up attacks on the country's oil refineries. Ukraine has concentrated its long range drone and missile strikes on refineries as it seeks to blunt Russia's capacity to pursue the war between the neighbours. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP via Getty Images)

Drivers queue at a Rosneft petrol station in Moscow on August 19, 2026. Russian authorities acknowledged that some regions face new petrol shortages, as Ukraine steps up attacks on the country's oil refineries. Ukraine has concentrated its long range drone and missile strikes on refineries as it seeks to blunt Russia's capacity to pursue the war between the neighbours. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP via Getty Images)

Drivers queue at a Rosneft petrol station in Moscow on August 19, 2026. Russian authorities acknowledged that some regions face new petrol shortages, as Ukraine steps up attacks on the country's oil refineries. Ukraine has concentrated its long range drone and missile strikes on refineries as it seeks to blunt Russia's capacity to pursue the war between the neighbours. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP via Getty Images)

Drivers queue at a Rosneft petrol station in Moscow on August 19, 2026. Russian authorities acknowledged that some regions face new petrol shortages, as Ukraine steps up attacks on the country's oil refineries. Ukraine has concentrated its long range drone and missile strikes on refineries as it seeks to blunt Russia's capacity to pursue the war between the neighbours. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP via Getty Images)

(L-R) Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Minister of Economy and the Interior Pia Olsen Dyhr, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Minister of Business and Competitiveness Martin Lidegaard give a press conference on the government's work program for the upcoming season in the State Department at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, on August 19, 2026. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images) / Denmark OUT