Biden misleads on deficit reduction

Published July 3, 2023 3:32pm ET




On Sunday, President Joe Biden tweeted, “We’re making investments in America and reducing the deficit at the same time. In my first two years in office, we reduced the deficit by $1.7 trillion. And the budget agreement I negotiated cuts it by another trillion.” The White House had previously touted the fact this is “the largest decline in American history.”

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