“In the last two years, my administration cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion.”
What PolitiFact found
The debt rose in 2021 because of a temporary phase of unusual federal spending due to the coronavirus pandemic. In absolute dollars, the current deficit is much more in line with what it was in pre-pandemic 2019.
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In short
Joe Biden (President) made this claim around 8 February 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 February 2023. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzcBTUvVp7M
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