except he did not. why do you think he did? here are some facts-
first, let's look at what trump has done, despite being left an economy in great shape-
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Donald Trump promised he would eliminate the nation’s debt in eight years.1 Instead, his budget estimates showed that he would actually add at least $8.3 trillion, increasing the U.S. debt to $28.5 trillion by 2025.2
However, the national debt may reach that figure much sooner. When President Trump took office in January 2017, the national debt stood at $19.9 trillion. In October 2020, the national debt reached a new high of $27 trillion.
Trump has overseen the fastest increase in the debt of any president—almost 36% from 2017 to 2020. Trump has not fulfilled his campaign promise to cut the debt. Instead, he's done the opposite.
https://www.thebalance.com/trump-plans-to-reduce-national-debt-4114401
now for obama, compared to reagan and gomer bush and others-
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.
Top Five Debt Contributors by Percentage
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945): President Roosevelt had the largest percentage increase to the debt. Although he only added $236 billion, this was a nearly 1,050% increase from the $22.5 billion debt level left by President Herbert Hoover. The Great Depression and the New Deal contributed to FDR's yearly deficits, but the biggest cost was World War II: It added $186.3 billion to the debt between 1942 and 1945.4
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921): President Wilson was the second-largest contributor to the debt, percentage-wise. He added $21 billion, which was a 724% increase over the $2.9 billion debt of his predecessor. World War I contributed to the deficits that raised the national debt.5
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989): President Reagan increased the debt by $1.85 trillion, or by
186%. Reagan's brand of supply-side economics didn't grow the economy enough to offset the lost revenue from its tax cuts.
George W. Bush (2001-2009): President Bush added $6.1 trillion, or a
101% increase, putting him in fourth.
Barack Obama (2009-2017): Under President Obama, the national debt grew the most dollar-wise ($8.6 trillion) but was fifth in terms of percentage:
74%. Obama fought the Great Recession with an $831 billion economic stimulus package and added $858 billion through tax cuts.7 8
https://www.thebalance.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296
