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The increase in federal debt during Donald J. Trump's presidency from 2017 to 2021, with various analyses reporting different numbers due to different baselines and definitions.
From the day was inaugurated to the end of his term, the gross federal debt rose sharply — from roughly $19.95 trillion to about $27.75 trillion, an increase of about — a figure that can be framed sli...
Debt held by the public rose by about $7.2 trillion over Donald Trump’s first four-year term, while gross federal (or gross national) debt rose roughly $7.8 trillion over the same period . Those headl...
The federal debt increased markedly during ’s 2017–2021 presidency: gross federal debt rose roughly $7.8 trillion over his four years in office, and analysts estimate about $8.4 trillion of ten‑year b...
The headline: when retook the oath on Jan. 20, 2025, the U.S. gross national debt was reported at about ; by late 2025 and into early 2026 that stock had climbed into the high $38‑trillion range and w...