Budget deficit smashes $1 trillion mark, the highest in seven years. I guess that means under Obama 8 years ago the deficit was higher. Bad Obama!! Read the last and most important sentence (why is it last? Oh yes, it's the MSM). However, the deficit as a percentage of GDP has contracted significantly over the past several years, from a peak of 9.8% in 2009 to about 5% now. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/12/budget-deficit-smashes-1-trillion-mark-the-highest-in-seven-years.html