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:
Kulezo zinsuku ezimatasa zomkhankaso wangezi-2016, uTrump wakhuluma ngomdlalo omuhle wokuthola izindlela zokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali nokunciphisa isikweledu sezwe ebesikhona. Ekulinganiseni isabelomali sikahulumeni, uTrump utshele umsingathi wohlelo lwe-TV yama-conservatives uSean Hannity ngalokhu ngowezi-2016: