May 4, 2012 ... When it comes to increasing the national debt, President Barack Obama has  done more than his 43 predecessors combined. Well, at least ... Says President  Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than  the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined.
Feb 2, 2012 ... At that point, the debt will have increased by more dollars in Obama's first four  years than it did in George W. Bush's entire eight-year tenure, when it rose ...  Obama's 45 percent rise is nearly equal in dollar terms to his predecessor's 85  percent increase — because Obama started from a much higher base.
Feb 18, 2016 ... "Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national  debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before ... that  Bush said Obama will add that much on his watch, which can be reasonably  interpreted to mean the amount by the end of Obama's second term.
Obama added the most dollar-wise and FDR did percentage-wise. ... (L-R)  President Barack Obama and former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton,  George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter attend the opening of the George W. ... The  president doesn't have much control over the debt added during his first year in  office.
Dec 8, 2014 ... Sean Spicer, the RNC's communication director, defended Priebus's statement  by pointing out that “in terms of dollars, Obama has added more debt (based on  either total national debt or debt held by the public) than any of his predecessors. ” Citing the U.S. Treasury “debt to the penny” Web site, Spicer ...
By the end of his first term, President Obama will have added as much debt as all the prior 43 presidents combined.