Thread by @TheValuesVoter

Now that the US owes 23 trillion in debt, let’s take a look at how we got here and who got us here.

Here’s a list of the number of days it took to get to the next trillion dollar mark in debt and who was President during that time frame:
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From $5 trillion to $6 trillion
2,195 days, Clinton and Bush, 2/26/02

From $6 trillion to $7 trillion
688 days, Bush, 1/15/04

From $7 trillion to $8 trillion
644 days, Bush, 10/18/2005

From $8 trillion to $9 trillion
682 days, Bush, 8/31/07

From $9 trillion to $10 trillion
396 days, Bush, 9/30/08

From $10 trillion to $11 trillion
167 days, Bush and Obama, 3/16/09

From $11 trillion to $12 trillion
245 days, Obama, 11/16/09

From $12 trillion to $13 trillion
197 days, Obama, 6/1/10

From $13 trillion to $14 trillion
213 days, Obama, 12/31/10

From $14 trillion to $15 trillion
319 days, Obama, 11/15/11

From $15 trillion to $16 trillion
290 days, Obama, 8/31/12

From $16 trillion to $17 trillion
412 days, Obama, 10/17/13

From $17 trillion to $18 trillion
407 days, Obama, 11/28/14

From $18 trillion to $19 trillion
427 days, Obama, 1/29/16

From $19 trillion to $20 trillion
588 days, Obama and Trump, 9/8/17

From $20 trillion to $21 trillion
188 days, Trump, 3/15/18

From $21 trillion to $22 trillion
333 days, Trump, 2/11/19

From $22 trillion to $23 trillion
263 days, Trump, 11/1/19

So, as I know long lists of numbers put people to sleep, let me summarize all of these facts.

The shortest time it took for a single President to raise the debt from one trillion dollar mark to another is 188 days. Which was accomplished by President Trump.

Bush oversaw the raising of the Debt to the next trillion dollar mark 4 times. An average of 602 days to each next trillion.

Obama oversaw it 8 times. An average of 314 days to each next trillion.

Trump oversaw it 3 times. An average of 261 days to each next trillion.

Obama oversaw the debt increasing to the next trillion mark 8 times. But 5 of those came in his first term, after the Great Recession. It went to the next trillion mark 3 times in the 4 years of Obama’s second term.

Trump has already seen it raise 3 times already in 2.7 years.

Throughout Obama’s second term, the shortest time it took for the US to hit the next trillion mark in debt was 407 days.

In 2 years, 9 months and 12 days, Trump has seen it raised to the next trillion in a shorter time span - 3 TIMES (188, 333 and 263 days).

Furthermore, projecting forward, if the National Debt continues to hit the next trillion mark at the rate at which it has so far under Trump (an average of 261 days to the next trillion), by the end of a second Trump Term, the US National Debt would hit $30 trillion (on 11/3/24).

One more thing. Comparing Trump’s term so far with Obama’s second term that immediately preceded it, Trump raised the debt by a higher percentage than Obama did.

Obama (period 1/20/13 - 11/1/15)
Debt increased by 10.47%

Trump (period 1/20/17 - 11/1/19)
Debt increased by 15.35%