Trump broke his promise to lower — and eliminate — the national debt. A top investor thinks he’s the ‘worst-spending president in history’

These eye-popping numbers are a problem for tech entrepreneur and All-In podcast cohost Jason Calacanis, who called out President Trump for contributing to the problem in a post on X last week. “President Trump has become the worst-spending President in our history, adding ~$2.2–$2.3 T to the national debt in each of his first two years and in his second term,” Calacanis claimed in his post. Still, Calacanis also argued Trump has reneged on a key campaign promise to make the government more fiscally responsible. “President Trump promised not to add to the national debt during his presidential campaign—and, in fact, that he would pay it down,” he wrote. In 2016, Trump said he would eliminate the country’s debt, which at the time stood at $19 trillion, “over a period of eight years.”