In those heady days of the 2016 campaign, Trump talked a good game on finding ways to reduce spending and cut into the underlying national debt. On balancing the federal budget, Trump told conservative TV host Sean Hannity this in 2016:
Ngalezo nsuku zomkhankaso wezi-2016, u-Trump wakhuluma kakhulu ngokuthola izindlela zokwehlisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali futhi kwehliswe nesikweletu sikazwelonke. Kuyothi masekubhalansiswe isabelomali sikahulumeni, kusho u-Trump kumsakazi we-TV oyi-conservative u- Sean Hannity ngowezi-2016: