National Debt

Trump ran up national debt twice as much as Biden: new analysis

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

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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

DEFICITS EXPLAINED

U.S. runs largest monthly budget deficit on record in February

The US budget deficit skyrocketed to a record $207.8 billion in May