Hang on people - it’s going to get a LOT uglier over the next year or two. The Trump Team has to hit their goals:
Reduce the size of government, by several means:
Reorganize/eliminate jobs that are held by make-work, Leftist, partisan hacks.
Reduce spending in agencies/departments, INCLUDING the Army - which will benefit from MASSIVE RIFs of the officered staff. If any of them want to stay, they can try finding a COMBAT unit to accept them.
Use Impoundment as as club to FORCE cuts. Make sure that the cut in budgets is related to the size of the budget shortfall, AND the deficit.
Fedollow up with targeted legislation to embed the changes so a change in administration or legislature won’t change things again.
Steer the money gained by the cuts into paying off the deficit. The money saved by reduced interest can then be re-directed to more debt removal.
Publicize the changes. Make sure that there is a strong record for future political campaigns to run on.
On a side note, but equally important, here is a story about a US-backed disseminator of propaganda that influences the EU, and much of the rest of the world. It is decidedly Leftist in slant. The State Department budget needs a serious haircut.