Fact-check: “The US national debt double that of last year”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
The US national debt has not doubled year-over-year at any recent point. Treasury data and Congressional Joint Economic Committee figures show the total gross federal debt was about $36.2 trillion in May 2025 and about $39.2 trillion in May 2026 — an increase of roughly $3 trillion, or around 8%, not 100%. A doubling in a single year would require the debt to jump from roughly $36 trillion to roughly $72 trillion, which no official source documents.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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