Fact-check: “The US national debt has doubled in the last 10 years”
Verdict: Mostly True (90% confidence)
Official government data from TreasuryDirect and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) documented the total US federal debt at approximately $19.4–$19.6 trillion in 2016 and at approximately $38–$39 trillion by 2025–2026, indicating that the debt roughly doubled over that ten-year period. The claim is substantively accurate, though the precise doubling depends on the exact start and end dates chosen within the decade, and the gross federal debt figure includes both debt held by the publi…
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