15 years --> http://web.archive.org/web/20100601000000*/https://www.usdebtclock.org/

And it was ALWAYS run by one idiot hiding behind a fake LLC whose address is the same as hundreds of other shady LLCs

As far as the "sources", those sources do NOT have APIs to aggregate data from so the website could not possibly be counting real numbers.

So, yes, he has fooled millions of people for 15 years because no one understands the internet in spite of 30 years of it being public.