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Fact-check: “The US national debt has doubled in the last 10 years”

Verdict: Misleading (82% confidence)

The claim depends heavily on which 10-year window you use. Looking back from mid-2026, the debt has grown roughly 60–65% — from about $19.5 trillion in mid-2016 to around $36–39 trillion today — which falls well short of doubling. However, a Fortune article from October 2024 noted the debt had 'doubled' to $35.4 trillion using a window starting around 2014, and a U.S. Bank summary as recently as mid-2026 describes debt as 'roughly doubled over the past decade.' So the claim is technically defen…

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