U.S. Added $700 Billion to National Debt in Four Months

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The U.S. government added $696 billion to the national debt over the past four months, borrowing $94 billion in the month of January alone, the Congressional Budget Office reports.

Posted by Nixon at 04:32 PM | 38 COMMENTS | permalink

US debt forecast to hit $64T in a decade as Trump policies widen deficitÂ Â

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-- Politico (@politico.com) Feb 11, 2026 at 10:03 AM

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"America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026"

fortune.com

Trump is a stable financial Genius!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-10 03:03 PM

C'mon righties, show us you have at least one single principle or value left in your miserable bodies...

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-10 11:28 PM

Trump's diaper ain't gonna fill itself.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-10 11:49 PM

Heckuva job, Pedo

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-11 12:07 PM

... the federal government is now expected to run a $23.1 trillion shortfall over the next nine years, rather than a $21.8 trillion one, a $1.4 trillion wider gap....

Is Pres Trump going to put his name on his deficit also?

The Trump Deficit®

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-11 12:07 PM

So where is all the money going? Trump was going to fix the deficit and reduce the debt with DOGE and tariffs, yet we're seeing none of it.

So where is the money going? Qatar?

#6 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-11 12:11 PM

ICE, new planes, retrofitting a Qatari gift, ICE...

Did I mention ICE?

#7 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-02-11 12:15 PM

"So where is all the money going?"

Military, foreign regimes that kill people, and the all-important "homeland security" and "defense" apparatus.

#8 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-02-11 12:22 PM

@#3 ... So where is all the money going? ...

Part 2 of that question is along the lines of... why is not enough money coming in to assuage the deficit?

Ans: Pres Trump's massive tax cuts to billionaires.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-11 12:23 PM

Federal debt to hit record levels. Not to be pedantic, but isn't every day a new record?

#10 | Posted by mattm at 2026-02-11 12:23 PM

Not to be pedantic, but isn't every day a new record?

Yep. Elon and DOGE were supposed to reduce the deficit to zero, but they reduced it by zero instead.

#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-11 12:29 PM

"Pres Trump's massive tax cuts to billionaires"

100% of which represents NEW BORROWING. Trillions and trillions of it.

#12 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-02-11 12:38 PM

Republicans are creating a fiscal hole that can only be filled with the taxes of billionaires.

Republicans know Republicans will never fill that hole.

It's economic murder/suicide.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-11 12:44 PM

The only conclusion is an intentional crashing of our currency and economy with the necessary police state apparatus being set up before it happens.

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-11 01:14 PM

Remember when Elmo promised he'd find $2 TRILLION in cuts with DOGE?

Just another lie on the wood pile.

#15 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-11 01:29 PM

intentional crashing

The goal is to kill social security and medicare to keep people working longer.

That's been the goal since the 1980s.

#16 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-11 01:31 PM

"We only care about deficits when a Democrat is in the White House!"

- Republicans (who created this mess with tax cuts for individuals and corporations who didn't need them in the first place)

#17 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-02-11 04:49 PM

- C'mon righties

They only post on trans, immigration, and abortion threads.

#18 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-11 04:56 PM

What happened to the $18 trillion that Trump claimed that tariffs have brought in? Oh I remember. He was lying about that.

#19 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-02-11 06:11 PM

Baloney! The tariffs are reducing our debt so fast everyone is getting their Trump Check next month! (Snark over...)

#20 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2026-02-11 06:37 PM

We needs more Trans news stories to distract Republicans.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-11 06:44 PM

Righties have nothing to say about this?

Ballwasher? Lfthndcuck? Anyone?

#22 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-11 09:39 PM

The problem with Socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money.
--Margaret Thatcher

Capitalism is when you never run out of other people's money.
--Republicans

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-11 09:41 PM

It's a stated reason why Pres Trump wants the Fed to lower interest rates.

To reduce the interest-load of the Trump Deficit upon the US budget.

Pres Trump has been saying that he wants the US to have the world's lowest interest rates, while the economy could grow at 15% per year.

What affect might that have upon inflation?

Trump to Kudlow: This country should have the lowest interest rates in the world'
www.foxbusiness.com

Trump Says Fed Chair Pick Kevin Warsh Could Drive More Than 15% Economic Growth
finance.yahoo.com

#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-11 09:53 PM

"the economy could grow at 15% per year."

This man has lost his mind.

#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-11 10:01 PM

No.

Capitalism is when you run out of everyone else's money to enrich a few child raping ------.

-Republicans

#26 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-12 12:34 AM

On Tuesday 5 Nov 2024, another day that will live in infamy, 76,535,898 imbeciles voted against their own economic interests, sending us all into future austerity measures which will be rife with cuts to our social safety net and medical care, 50-year home loans, less schools loans or the middle class, an increase in auto repossessions, high interest rates, and more closed down businesses-- all while the oligarchs feast on Lobster Thermidor, wash it down with Dom Perignon, light up their Churchill Supremos, then argue for more tax cuts.

Link: www.usdebtclock.org

#27 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-12 01:02 AM

No worries!

When the Dems regain power again deficits will suddenly matter .. again.

#28 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-12 01:19 PM

Think of how high the debt would be if DOGE didn't save one day's worth of spending.

#29 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-02-12 02:26 PM

THe whole thing looks set to come crashing down yet nobody in DC cares.

#30 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-12 06:17 PM

Plenty of people care.

The people in power, the people who could do anything about it, are the ones doing it.

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-12 06:19 PM

THe whole thing looks set to come crashing down yet Republicans don't care.
#16 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

FTFY.

Your boy Trump added $2 trillion to the debt in 2025 and is looking to top that in 2026.

Don't you worry, it's something your grandkids will get stuck with.

You should keep freaking out about transgenders and immigrants.

I'm sure the next republican you vote for will ... keep kissing Trump's arse.

#32 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-12 06:23 PM

" THe whole thing looks set to come crashing down yet nobody in DC cares."

Which is EXACTLY what you voted for.

#33 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-02-12 06:32 PM

200+ years of two parties.

Every time one party controls the House, Senate, and White House, they try to pay off the National Debt.

As soon as the party even mentions revenue is greater than spending, the opposing party fights tooth and nail to prevent it.

It's always the opposing party that refuses to cut spending and paying off the Debt.

What's amazing is,when the parties switch the balance, they take opposing positions again.

Just once, all it takes, is both parties to agree to have surpluses that pays it off.

Too bad there's always one party that wants to be responsible.

They both suck.

#34 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-02-12 08:11 PM

Every time one party controls the House, Senate, and White House, they try to pay off the National Debt.

When, in your opinion, have republicans ever tried to pay off the national debt?

All they do is handout tax cuts to billionaires and pay for them by cutting government spending on programs than benefit all Americans.

Trump is responsible for $14.5 trillion of the debt.

#35 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-12 08:24 PM

Trump was going to fix the deficit and reduce the debt with DOGE and tariffs
#3 | Posted by jpw

Whatever gave anyone the crazy idea that Trump was going to do that? I mean I know he said he would but we also know he's a pathological liar and criminal fraudster. Did anyone in their right mind actually believe him?

#36 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-02-13 09:58 AM

THe whole thing looks set to come crashing down yet nobody in DC cares.
#16 | Posted by BellRinger

The surefire fix is more tax cuts for the 1%.

#37 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-02-13 10:10 AM

"the economy could grow at 15% per year"

More economics fallacies based on Republican Math(TM)

Growth and profit are not the same thing. Growth financed by debt results in long-term liabilities with insufficient off-setting assets, shrinking equity. Just because it's growing doesn't mean it's getting better.

#38 | Posted by El_Buscador at 2026-02-13 01:46 PM

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