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Created: 2025-07-12 12:25:09 UTC

During Trump's first term (FY 2017-2021), annual US budget deficits were: FY17: $665B, FY18: $779B, FY19: $984B, FY20: $3.13T (COVID-driven), FY21: $2.78T (Trump until Jan '21). Pre-COVID, they rose steadily from ~3% to XXX% of GDP. No monthly surpluses then—last was April 2016. Source: CBO.


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