I mean, the reason I ran is because I truly believe we're bankrupting this nation. And that hasn't changed. If anything, things have gotten, I think, arguably worse. When I was running, we had about a $1.3 trillion a year deficit. Right now, the latest CBO estimates show that this year's federal deficit would be 1.65 trillion. And, you know, unfortunately, and I think this is unfortunate, we're not seeing leadership out of this president, out of this administration, and we're not getting a whole lot of … (00:46–00:58)
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