Donald Trump

In a recent analysis, we estimated that former President Donald Trump approved $8.4 trillion of new ten-year borrowing during his four-year term in...

US Budget Watch 2024 is a project of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget designed to educate the public on the fiscal impact of...

Former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently proposed implementing a tariff of 60 percent or higher on imports...

In discussing another potential term in office, last month, former President Donald Trump declared, "we’re going to pay off our debt.” President Trump...

In less than ten years, Social Security’s retirement trust fund will be insolvent. Under the law, this will trigger an immediate 23 percent cut in...

In the first five Presidential GOP primary debates, the current active GOP candidates have mentioned the deficit or debt a combined 31 times, with...

Note: We published a more comprehensive, up-to-date comparison analysis of the amount of new ten-year borrowing approved by both Presidents Trump and...

In a town hall hosted by Fox News, former President Donald Trump suggested that America’s fiscal problems – and specifically Social Security’s looming...

Former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently suggested implementing a baseline tariff of 10 percent on all U.S...

In a video published to his campaign website on June 20, 2023, former President Donald Trump declared he would use “impoundment” authority to reduce...

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...