President Trump
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“We're going to balance the budget 'pretty quickly'... I would get it done within 15 years, but I'd have it done within 8 years.”
Trump attacked Obama's deficits and promised to balance the budget and even eliminate the national debt
https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/republicans-fight-deficits-only-when-democrat-presidentNow
“This is going to be one of the great gifts to the middle-income people of this country.”
Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act projected to cost $1.9 trillion over ten years, dramatically increasing the deficit
https://manhattan.institute/article/are-republicans-hypocrites-on-deficits-yes-but-there-is-more-to-the-storyAnalysis
Promised to eliminate the national debt, then signed tax legislation projected to add nearly $2 trillion to it, and the deficit surpassed $3 trillion by 2020
Detected: Mar 26, 2026ID: temporal_016