 And Trump and Vance, on the other hand, are, you know, hardcore trade war guys and frankly xenophobic in their protectionism, which I'm not. Traditional Republicans supported, at least rhetorically, balanced budgets and fiscal sanity. Trump and Vance were just fine when Trump added $8.4 trillion to the national debt, more than any other non-wartime president has done in four years in the entire history of the United States.