Comment by carefree-bob

Under Bill Clinton, in 2000 we ran a (small) surplus, but even then, the shock of running a surplus hid the fact that the debt increased during his term overall. That was the last president in which there was even one year of the debt decreasing, all other presidents increased the debt. Here is data:

https://www.macrotrends.net/2496/national-debt-growth-by-yea...