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That's not how federal spending works.
The Treasury spends money throughout the year, so the issue right now is money that has not yet been spent, has not yet been charged to the credit card.
Yes, there has been a ton of misinformation about this, but you can read the Treasury's daily summary of spending here, showing that it's not a matter of not paying back unless the president orders Treasury not to pay out of the money that it is taking in:
