“Donald Trump comes off as a model of fiscal responsibility compared to those two @ssholes”
And he had to fight every inch of the way against the “Republicans” to get that.
Actually, no. He was going to sign whatever spending bills Congress put in front of him. Ironically, it was the Republicans in Congress who turned out to be the most prudent during those years. The 2017 tax reform bill drove up revenues considerably, which meant growth in the Federal debt slowed even as spending grew a lot.