Live Wire: National debt is up 9.4 percent since Trump took office
Q: How much has our national debt increased since President Trump took office? — J.I., EastoverA: According to an Oct. 12 post on the website FactCheck.org, Trump inherited rising federal debt which is being pushed higher by his tax cut and spending increases.Writer Brooks Jackson said the federal debt was nearly $15.8 trillion on Oct. 10, which is nearly $1.4 trillion higher since Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017, and a 9.4 […]
