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some have criticized Republican house leadership for striking a deal with the White House to raise the federal government's spending limit but in response a Democratic leader says it was actually former president Donald Trump who ran up the national debt more than any other president Paul Spade checks that claim for PolitiFact which president racked up the most debt in U.S history now Republicans are talking a lot about President Biden's Administration adding to the national debt but Hakeem Jeffries who recently took over for Nancy Pelosi as the Democratic house leader he says it was actually Donald Trump who accumulated more debt than any president in U.S history now is this right not really according to data from the treasury Department the federal debt Rose by nearly eight trillion dollars under Trump's watch now that's a large amount but as you can see it's still not as much as the nine and a half trillion accumulated by former president Barack Obama of course Obama served two terms and Trump only served one so if we look at average spending on a per year basis Trump racked up debt at a higher rate than any other president but that's not what Jeffrey said he just said that Trump accumulated the most debt which isn't true and it's why the truth Amigo rates his claim mostly false read our full fact check at wral.com