You have to adjust dollars to inflation.
$1 Trillion during Reagan is not same as $1 Trillion during Trump.
Even better comparison is PERCENTAGE increase by each president to national debt. Of course, spending bills are NOT initiated by POTUS but he signs the spending bills to make them law. POTUS can always veto any bill, and then congress needs more votes to override the veto.
Basically true (using “inflation adjusted dollars”), but in the end it is all the deficit spending is what is causing the inflation in the 1st place. And no administration has the guts to tackle the deficit spending...the “Contract With America” by Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey with the Clinton Administration came close in 1994 (welfare reform, etc. took effect 1995-1999’ish with positive budget #’s), but has been bad ever since.
Inflation adjusted (2nd chart down the page):
https://www.macrotrends.net/3211/us-federal-deficit