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Trump didn't add anything. - "didn't add anything"? That is not entirely true...

TRUMP SAID HE WOULD ERASE AMERICA'S DEBT IN 8 YEARS. IT'S NOW BIGGER THAN EVER.
Irwin M. Stelzer
October 20, 2018
As a candidate, Donald Trump promised to get rid of the entire national debt “over a period of eight years.” When this promise was made, the national debt stood at $19 trillion; it has since risen to $21.7 trillion. In the fiscal year ending September 30, it grew by $779 billion, up 17 percent from $666 billion in fiscal 2017. This year, after the Trump tax cuts take full effect, another $1 trillion worth of government IOUs will be issued.
-theweeklystandard.com
https://www.weeklystandard.com/irwin-m-stelzer/national-debt-under-trump-rises-to-21-7-trillion


TRUMP ONCE PROMISED TO ELIMINATE THE NATIONAL DEBT IN 8 YEARS - BUT HIS NEW BUDGET SHOWS THE PRESIDENT IS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Bob Bryan
Mar. 11, 2019
-In 2016, Trump promised to totally wipe out the national debt over eight years in office.
-The budget indicates the White House no longer thinks that's possible.
In April 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump promised the $19 trillion national debt would be eliminated "over a period of eight years" during an interview with The Washington Post.
But Trump's latest budget, released Monday, shows that instead of shrinking the US's record debt load the president is adding to it.
According to the budget, which is mostly a statement of principles and will likely undergo major revisions in Congress, the annual budget deficit — the difference between how much revenue the government brings in and how much it spends — will reach $1.1 trillion in fiscal years 2019 and 2020.
-businessinsider.com
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-budget-increases-national-debt-deficit-2019-3