# Can any US President really tame the deficit?

An episode of [The Pat Kenny Show](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/698050979), 29 Aug 2026, 16 min.

Audio: https://bauernordic-pods.sharp-stream.com/ie/2790/2908_pk_trumponomics_pod_05d4a06d_normal.mp3?aw_0_1st.episodeid=417531&aw_0_1st.collectionid=2790

One of the reasons why Americans voted for President Trump was they hoped his business acumen would deal with economic ills such as the sprawling US debt, a figure that now stands at an eye watering $40 trillion. To discuss how the US economy is faring under this administration, Pat is joined by Brad Stetser, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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