The first goal of our budget reconciliation process should be to reduce the deficit. This actually increases. Let me describe the message. President Obama averaged about $910 billion of deficits per year. President Trump in his first three years averaged about 810 [billion in deficits]. Then Covid hit over $3 trillion in deficit. It should have ended there. We should have immediately returned to a pre pandemic level spending. (00:28–00:33)
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Asserts that President Trump averaged $810 billion in annual deficits during his first three years.
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