President Donald Trump only began implementing the new tariffs in April, when over half the fiscal year was through.

There is one dark cloud looming on everyone's horizons that we cannot forever ignore: The U.S. national debt.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise argued persuasively that the best thing to do with billions in tariff revenue is lower the deficit.

The latest numbers show President Donald Trump is delivering on the economy as the deficit falls and revenues rise.

Over the last decade, the government spent $4 trillion on interest, and that number could jump to $14 trillion over the next 10 years.

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Musk seems to have good intentions, but early returns suggest that his new America Party will amount to an expensive vanity project.

"This result - I would argue - would be completely counterproductive to the desire for a balanced budget," one campaign operative noted.

"DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn't that be terrible?" Trump told a gaggle of reporters.

"Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop ..."