“Donald Trump added more to the national debt than any other president, ever.”
What PolitiFact found
There are two different ways of looking at it; in one, Trump is responsible for more debt, and in the other, he's not.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tim Walz (Democratic vice presidential nominee) made this claim around 21 September 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 September 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Tim Walz has 11 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: Mostly False“(Donald) Trump ran up more debt than any other president in American history.”