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The US federal budget deficit rose significantly during President Trump's first term, especially in 2020 due to the pandemic response, with deficits reaching nearly $1 trillion by 2019 and then jumping to roughly $3 trillion in 2020.
Across ’s first term, reporting shows federal budget , with a sharp jump in 2020 tied to the pandemic response; available sources document deficits reaching roughly $1 trillion by 2019 and then expand...
The available reporting in the packet does not show a clear, documented instance—other than ’s recent reported one‑year surge—of a president increasing the federal deficit by roughly in a single first...