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(12,505 posts) Mon Feb 16, 2026, 08:38 AM 10 hrs ago

Now hear this!

When Trump took office Jan 20, 2025, the national debt was $36.2 trillion.

On February 12, 2026, the national debt was $38.6 trillion.

Despite DOGE, despite tariffs, that’s an increase of $2.4 trillion in our national debt in only thirteen months.

I’m old enough to remember when Trump said he could eliminate national debt in 8 years.

That is all.

Source: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/debt-to-the-penny