Two Centuries of Debt in Four Years

From 2020 to 2024, a span of just four years, the federal government added $11 trillion to the national debt as a result of a massive spending spree. It took the government 220 years, from George Washington to Barack Obama, to initially reach $11 trillion in debt.

Historical data also from Treasury.

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Updated April 16, 2024

Source: Treasury Department

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