- On the debt, Trump wants voters to fall for the same trick twice. He says if he is elected he will get the national debt “paid off fast.” If it sounds familiar, it’s not your imagination. He promised the same thing in 2016. By the time he left office, he had added nearly $7.8 trillion to the debt. https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/maddow/blog/rcna123490 101 comments economy