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Federal Debt Wasn't Decreasing Before Pandemic

Deja Tyla HansenDeja Tyla Hansen
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23rd October 2020
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10:45 pm
29th March 2021
Federal Debt Wasn't Decreasing Before Pandemic
The national debt was actually increasing before the pandemic (Getty Images).

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In October 2020, President Donald Trump said that the national debt was “starting to get” down before the pandemic.

Many users took to social media to contest the claim.

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