claim: barack obama has "doubled our national debt. doubled it. it's going to be close to $20 trillion when he leaves."
author: donald trump
evidence_1: jul 25, 2016 ... using the gross debt figure trump cites, debt grew from $10.6 trillion on ... it's  unfair to attribute debt increase entirely to obama. while by many measures  debt has doubled under obama's ... so while he is right about what's happened  under president obama's watch, his plan will make the problem worse.
evidence_2: feb 9, 2018 ... as the house and senate were rushing to head off a government ... at one point  in his speech, paul said, "george w. bush doubled the debt ... president obama  doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. ... by the time he left office on jan . ... that's not quite $20 trillion, but it's awfully close. .... about us.
evidence_3: nov 1, 2015 ... $20 trillion man: national debt nearly doubles during obama presidency ... a part  of his legacy that he doesn't like to talk about: he is the $20 trillion man. ... the  $20 trillion mark right around the time mr. obama leaves the white house. ... that  means the debt will have very nearly doubled during his eight ...
evidence_4: feb 13, 2018 ... key tax and spending decisions that helped the u.s. in its runup to $20 trillion in  debt, and where the debt is projected to go in the future. ... president barack  obama extended the cuts for two years in 2010, and made ... read: trump's  budget forecasts a doubling of deficits. the ... we want to hear from you.
evidence_5: dec 8, 2014 ... it's also important to remember that it's a bit silly to attribute all of the increases ...  in terms of debt held by the public, the number has doubled from ... case closed?  ... so that we now have over $9 trillion of debt that we are going to have to ... tim  carman questions the value of his food column, the $20 diner.