Fact-check: “The US national debt has doubled in the last 10 years”
Verdict: Mostly True (92% confidence)
Primary-source data from GAO financial audits and the U.S. Treasury document that total federal debt outstanding rose from approximately $17.8 trillion at the end of FY2014 to $35.5 trillion at the end of FY2024, a gain of roughly 99.4% — just under a literal doubling. On the most recent 10-year window (FY2015–FY2025), GAO-audited figures show debt rose from $18.1 trillion to $37.6 trillion, an increase of approximately 107.7%, which does exceed a doubling. The claim is therefore essentially ac…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
Related fact-checks
- Pete hegseth uses cocaine — Unverifiable
- Pete hegseth is a drunk — Partly True
- September is a good time to see whales in the waters around Greenland — True
- In 1979 America was ranked #1 in education and 46 years later we are ranked #40 — False
- Over 1000 people are killed by US police every year. — Mostly True