Fact-check: “The US national debt has doubled in the last 10 years”
Verdict: Mostly True (88% confidence)
The claim is substantially accurate. U.S. national debt stood at roughly $18–19 trillion in mid-2015 and reached approximately $38–39 trillion by mid-2026, representing a near-doubling (roughly 97–100% increase) over the 10-year window. The minor qualification is that the precise figure depends on the exact start and end dates chosen — the debt had not quite reached a clean 2x multiple from every possible 10-year starting point until very recently, but by any reasonable reading of 'the last 10…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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