During President Barack Obama's administration, Fox News and right-wing media consistently pushed misleading hysteria about the deficit. As the deficit has continued to rise during the Trump administration, that concern has been revealed as meaningless noise. Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh even admitted that for conservatives, “all this talk about concern for the deficit and the budget has been bogus.” Recently, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade called on “the next president” to cut federal spending.
From the July 23 edition of CNN's New Day: