President Trump promised in the 2016 campaign to eliminate the federal debt over a two-term presidency. That pledge won’t come to fruition, and, in fact, he will leave office having added massively to the debt.

“His tenure has been marked by a total disregard for any concern about mounting debt,” said Jim Capretta, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank in Washington, D.C.

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