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As president at mar-a-lago after making this pledge just a few days ago. >> no more wasted money. we are going to be spending the money in a very, very careful manner. we must do a lot more with less. >> do a lot more with less. presidents are certainly entitled to take a day off, but any deficit hawk would ask, is a weekly trip to palm beach by the president doing a lot more with less? it takes marine one, air force one, and motorcades to get the president to his posh oceanside estate with intense secret service protection. there is another retreat much closer and cheaper. that of course woul...

Party in the second bush term, a lot of it was the war in iraq and afghanistan. we spent an enormous amount of money. big entitlement growth with medicare, bush doing that legislation with the democrats. we have to be careful that we do not become deficit doves. mike pence was known as a deficit hawk and it is great to do all these programs, we have to fix these bridges and so forth but there has to be meaningful cuts. not just rely on future growth in order to get some of this done. i have some agreement and what the freedom caucus is saying here. we don't want to get ourselves in a hole in t...

Happened to the republican party in 2006, sean. we had a big spending republican party in the second bush term, a lot of it was the war in iraq and afghanistan. we spent an enormous amount of money. big entitlement growth with medicare, bush doing that legislation with the democrats. we have to be careful that we do not become deficit doves. mike pence was known as a deficit hawk and it is great to do all these programs, we have to fix these bridges and so forth but there has to be meaningful cuts. not just rely on future growth in order to get some of this done. i have some agreement and what...

With cnn political analyst, david gregory. we just had steve king, tea party, deficit hawk, and he said i want to expand the military, too, and it has to be paid for, and i want to see how the tax cuts will be paid for. how big of a challenge? >> a big challenge. when it comes to spending and the deficit, this is where there's going to be a battle. paul ryan has always wanted to reform spwaoeulentitlements, an president says he doesn't want to do that, and are they going to stay onboard? this is a blueprint he will provide and there has to be details about where cuts are going to come and how ...

Reform and tax reform. what about entitlements? steve mnuchin was asked about that sunday. >> we are not touching that now. don't expect to see that as part of the budget. we are focused on other aspects and that's what's very important to us. that's the president's priority. >> the budget director is known as a deficit hawk. a senior administration official says the up coming budget outline calls for spending cuts to agencies. including the epa. here's the issue. here is the math. agencies like the epa take up 17% of the budget. squeezi squeezing costs limit you. social security and other cos...