Who increased the U.S. debt the most? Depends on how you measure it.
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What’s the best way to determine how much each president has contributed to our nation’s nearly $27 trillion in U.S. debt? The most popular ways to do so involve comparing the debt level from when a president enters office to the debt level when they leave, and comparing the debt as a percentage of economic output, which takes into account the size of the economy at the time the administration accumulated the debt.1 2
US Debt by President: By Dollar and Percentage (thebalance.com)
