Originally Posted by Bluedriver

Did Trump promise to fix the national debt during his campaign? That is an absolute yes. Was it getting better (before the Coronavirus)? No, it was getting worse. Much worse, and that was during the BESTEST economy the world has ever seen.

One of the major drivers of additional deficits and debt was Trump's tax changes (which the Lions share of the tax "savings" went to the executive class and the investor class, directly and indirectly, proportionally very little went to the middle class), which he CHAMPIONED. To say that the debt is not at all Trump's fault is moronical. In truth, he is largely responsible for the newly added debt.