Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years
“The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president.”
U.S. budget deficit breached $3.1 trillion in 2020 as pandemic slammed economy
National Debt Breaks All-Time Record for Highest Portion of U.S. Economy
2016:
Trump: I will eliminate U.S. debt in 8 years
NATIONAL DEBT INCREASED BY $3 TRILLION DURING DONALD TRUMP’S THREE YEARS AS PRESIDENT
Economists Agree: Deficits Matter
Trump budget plan would fail to eliminate deficit over 10 years, briefing document shows
Google “National Debt Record World War 2” for the last month
US budget deficit to break $1 trillion in fiscal 2020, CBO says
NATIONAL DEBT INCREASED BY $3 TRILLION DURING DONALD TRUMP’S THREE YEARS AS PRESIDENT
Budget Deficit Topped $1 Trillion in 2019
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL DEBT COSTING US?
18 Facts on the US National Debt That Are Almost Too Hard to Believe
Trump and the National Debt
“Instead of Eliminating the Debt, Trump Will Add $8.3 Trillion”
https://www.thebalance.com/trump-plans-to-reduce-national-debt-4114401
https://limbaugh2020.com/white-houses-kudlow-22-5-trillion-debt-is-not-a-huge-problem/
Trump adds $4.1 trillion to national debt. Here’s where the money went
Federal deficit sees 12% increase in two months, topping $342 billion
US deficit soars to $342 billion in two months
Deficit spikes 12 percent in first two months of fiscal year: CBO
US debt surpasses $23 trillion for first time
https://limbaugh2020.com/white-houses-kudlow-22-5-trillion-debt-is-not-a-huge-problem/
U.S. government’s annual budget deficit largest since 2012
Federal Budget Deficit Swelled to Nearly $1 Trillion in 2019
Federal deficit increases 26% to $984 billion for fiscal 2019, highest in 7 years
The deficit has gotten worse. This shouldn’t be a surprise.
DONALD TRUMP PROMISED TO ELIMINATE THE DEFICIT IN 8 YEARS. SO FAR, HE HAS INCREASED IT BY 68%
Federal deficit estimated at $984B, highest in seven years
Treasury: US deficit tops $1 trillion in 11 months
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BREAKS NEW RECORD FOR SPENDING MONEY
Stelter: Remember when right-wing hosts cared about debt?
Budget Deficit on Path to Surpass $1 Trillion Under Trump
Avlon points out hypocrisies coming from GOP on deficit
U.S. Budget Deficit Already Exceeds Last Year’s Total Figure
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here’s how Trump’s $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
Our View: Deficit would be zero if not for tax cuts
The rank hypocrisy of Trump’s treatment of the national debt as president
Trump adds $4.1 trillion to national debt. Here’s where the money went
From 2016:
The United States of Insolvency
The @GOP promised a Balanced Budget Amendment in their 2016 Platform
2016 Republican Party Platform
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM 2016
https://www.usdebtclock.org/
Interest Expense on the Debt Outstanding
What national debt? Budget deal shows neither GOP nor Democratic Party cares
Analysis of CBO’s January 2019 Budget and Economic Outlook
5 facts about the national debt
Trump’s top economic advisor claims the US’s record $22.5 trillion national debt is ‘quite manageable’ and not ‘a huge problem right now at all’
‘A tax on future generations’: U.S. debt on path to exceed World War II levels
The rising national debt is not a big problem for Social Security
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