Since 2000, the balance of U.S. national debt and the fiscal surplus/deficit situation at the time of departure of each U.S. president.

1. Clinton, left office in January 2001, with a national debt balance of $5.67 trillion that month, and a fiscal surplus of $237 billion the previous year.

2. George W. Bush, two terms from 2001 to 2009. In January 2005, the national debt balance was $7.6 trillion, with a fiscal deficit of $413 billion the previous year. In January 2009, the national debt balance was $11.2 trillion, with a fiscal deficit of $455 billion the previous year.

3. Obama, two terms from 2009 to 2017. In January 2013, the national debt balance was $16.4 trillion, with a fiscal deficit of $1.09 trillion the previous year; in January 2017, the national debt balance was $19.9 trillion, with a fiscal deficit of $587 billion the previous year.

4. Trump, left office in January 2021. In that month, the national debt balance was $27.8 trillion, with a fiscal deficit of $3.13 trillion the previous year (the COVID-19 pandemic caused the deficit to surge).

5. Biden, expected to leave office in January 2025. In that month, the national debt balance is expected to be $36 trillion, with a fiscal deficit of $1.8 trillion the previous year.

Based on these data alone, Clinton is the most outstanding president of the United States in the last 20 years. George W. Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden are all profligate presidents, with Trump and Biden being the most extravagant. Now that Trump has assumed the presidency again, it is estimated that the U.S. national debt and fiscal deficit will continue to soar.