America’s debt is truly bipartisan

During her news briefing Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki unveiled a graph that, at first glance, made a seemingly deceptive point. It compared the amount of debt accrued by both President Biden, a bit under $700 billion, and by former president Donald Trump — nearly $8 trillion. This is not a surprising disparity, certainly, since Biden has been president for about nine months and Trump was president for four years.