Statistical measures of the president’s term to date.
Biden’s Numbers
Issues: debt
Trump’s Final Numbers
Statistical indicators of President Trump’s four years in office.
Biden Leaves Misleading Impression on U.S. Debt
In promoting his own spending priorities, President Joe Biden blamed his predecessor’s “unpaid tax cuts and other spending” for increasing the national debt by nearly $8 trillion over four years. The total debt figure is correct, but trillions of that were due to bipartisan coronavirus relief packages.
What President Biden Inherits
A raging virus, a struggling economy and a fast-growing mountain of debt.
Trump’s Numbers, Preelection Update
What the statistics tell us about the president’s time in office.
Mnuchin Spins Pre-COVID Path to Debt Reduction
An analysis by the Congressional Budget Office contradicts Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s claim that before COVID-19 hit, the U.S. was experiencing “extraordinary” economic growth that “would pay down the debt over time.”
Buttigieg Gives Trump Too Much Blame for Debt
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg blamed tax cuts backed by President Trump for creating the nation’s debt problem. But while those tax cuts are worsening the nation’s debt, spiraling deficits and debt over the next decade were projected even before those tax cuts were enacted.
Trump’s Numbers July 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
Trump’s Numbers, April 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
Trump’s Numbers January 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.