Iran Press/ America: U.S. public debt has surpassed $23 trillion for the first time in history, rising more than 100 percent in less than a decade and more than a trillion dollars this year alone, according to Treasury Department figures released on Friday
President of the United States, Donald Trump, who repeatedly criticized the deficit of his predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama, looks now responsible of the U.S. deficit rising almost 50 percent in his first three years in office.
Trump warned during his 2016 presidential campaign that the national debt was dangerous, blaming Obama for the 'mountain of debt' that the former president left behind.
U.S. debt began to rise after the 2008 financial crisis. In January 2017, the national debt was estimated at $19,899 billion and at the end of that year it started to grow again and by the end of 2018, it amounted to 21,974 billion dollars. 207/211/205
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