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Most of these savings are projected to occur later in the 2017–2027 period and thus may not materialize if economic growth slows or interest rates rise. Technical re-estimates have reduced mandatory spending projections but also tax revenues. Another $1.3 trillion comes from higher tax revenues produced by faster economic growth projections. Of this amount, $2.7 trillion comes from falling interest rate projections, which reduced the projected cost of net interest on the national debt. Economic and technical factors produced a substantial $3.9 trillion in actual and projected savings over this period.The president signed or enacted $7.8 trillion in new initiatives, the costs of which were partially offset by $3.9 trillion saved from economic growth revenues and technical re-estimates of taxes and spending levels.

When he left office four years later, CBO’s projected deficits for the same period were $13.9 trillion.

When President Trump entered the Oval Office, CBO projected the cumulative 2017–2027 budget deficits would be $10.0 trillion.

The analysis is based on more than a dozen Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline updates over these four years, supplemented with the line-item scores of all notable bills signed into law by President Trump. As the methodology section explains, this analysis begins with the 10-year budget baseline that President Trump inherited in January 2017 and measures all subsequent tax and spending changes through the February 2021 baseline, which was released as the president left office. The end of Trump’s presidency allows for a final assessment of his tax, spending, and deficit record. Finally, they note that the president repeatedly proposed budgets with significant deficit reduction but was thwarted by a bipartisan congressional majority that aggressively supported expensive new initiatives, as well as by a global pandemic that virtually everyone agreed required a massive federal response.

They argue that the 2017 tax cuts contributed heavily to the growing economy through 2019. On the other hand, the president’s defenders respond that he inherited large budget deficits that were already projected to grow on autopilot due to escalating Social Security and Medicare costs. They note that Trump’s presidency saw the debt surpass 100% of the economy, even though he came into office with a healthy economy, declining interest rates, and relative peace after 15 years of global military conflict. Critics point out that Trump’s tax cuts and spending increases led to a $3 trillion budget deficit. President Donald Trump’s tax, spending, and deficit legacy is still being defined.