National debt is an important issue for many American voters, and it plays a significant role in their choice of president. This begs the question: How much of the U.S. national debt is each president ...

In 2016, then Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump arrogantly proclaimed that he was the “King of Debt,” and boasted that he could eliminate the then $19 trillion national debt in eight ...

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The eye-catching ranking is less a simple scorecard than a debate about what presidents control. Here is what an $8 trillion debt increase can—and cannot—say about Joe Biden’s record and the president ...

Every president inherits the national debt, but some have added to it at a pace that dwarfs their predecessors. The ranking of who grew it fastest may surprise you, cutting across party lines and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Patton covers the financial markets, economy, and national debt. In the most recent election, the country overwhelmingly ...

Barack Obama took office with total federal debt at about $10.63 trillion and left eight years later with it just under $19.95 trillion. That works out to an increase of roughly $9.32 trillion, or ...

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