Trump solely blames Obama for doubling of debt
Donald Trump says this White House is leaving behind a lot of red ink. "Barack Obama has doubled, during his fairly short period of years, he’s doubled our national debt. Doubled it. It’s going to be close to $20 trillion when he leaves," Trump told supporters at a Sept. 6 rally in Virginia Beach. Did Obama double the national debt? We checked. The Trump campaign’s press office justified his statement by sending us a link to U.S. Treasury Department figures on the size of the national debt. On Jan. 20, 2009, the day Obama took office, the total national debt ...
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