National debt increase per president
On February 11, the US national debt eclipsed $22 trillion for the first time. Since President Donald Trump took office, the US has added over $2 trillion in new federal debt. Description: This chart shows the change in the national debt as a percentage of GDP for each president after Eisenhower.The debt figures are taken from the end of the fiscal year in which each president was sworn in and the end of the last fiscal year during which each president served in office. Under Trump's watch, national debt tops $21 trillion for first time ever. About a year ago, President Trump pledged to eliminate the national debt "over a period of eight years.". But for the first time in history, the national debt surpassed $21 trillion this week, according to the U.S. Treasury.