>> how? >> how? because essentially if you look at the country like a profit-making corporation, or a losing corporation, right now, we're a losing corporation. we're going to make it a prof profit-making corporation. >> okay. even on february of 2016 when he said that, that was a lie. the united states had positive growth. if that's how you think about it. i wouldn't actually propose that you look at the country as a profit-making, profit-losing proposition. given that was donald trump's standard, he was lying even then. he said we're going to reduce those deficits big league. in april 2016 he told "the post" he'd get rid of the national deft, "washington post," over a period of eight years by renegotiating trade agreements. it doesn't look like the president is going to keep that promise. the budget deficit has risen 50% since he took office. joining me now is take a closer look is maya mcginnis, president of the committee for responsible federal budget which pushes for federal responsibility. fiscal responsibility. maya, we're not going to give everybody a lesson in economics in the next two minutes but i think it's fair to say that you