the deficit did not go down. there was a short fall every year. so under Obama the deficit went up about 7 trillion dollars.
we also borrowed most of the the money so the national debt went up as well.
if you or exthinker were trying to be honest you might say that the yearly budget deficits were declining until 2014 and then they started going up again.
So the deficit was higher in 2017 than 2009?
