In our dinner down in Mar a Lago, he said he wanted to balance the budget in his, I guess, quasi State of the Union address. He's committed to balancing the budget. He [President Trump] does need to come to terms, though, that it's not going to just be on tariff revenue. He has to demand a pre pandemic level spending. And one of the things I'll keep prodding him about is I don't think anybody that voted for President Trump expected he would continue to spend at Biden levels. (07:07–25:13)
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Asserts that balancing the budget cannot rely solely on tariff revenue.
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