White House budget director says Trump promise to eliminate debt was just ‘hyperbole’

Donald Trump, elected president after a campaign where he made at least 663 promises to people around the country, may have been engaging in hyperbole on one of his biggest promises, his budget director admitted in an interview published Wednesday....
https://thinkprogress.org/budget-director-trump-promise-eliminate-debt-hyperbole-94729b73f3d6