"I want to do what has not been done in 24 years, balance the federal budget," Donald Trump says in an andress to Congress, APA reports.
The line comes at an interesting time as the threat of a government shutdown over disagreements about the federal budget divides lawmakers in Congress.
Trump touts his recent visa proposal - "a gold card" sold for $5m providing a path to citizenship - as a way to help bring the budget in balance.
"We have developed in great detail what we are calling the gold card - which goes on sale very, very soon - for $5m," Trump says.
"While we take out the criminals, killers, traffickers, and child predators... we will now bring in brilliant, hardworking, job creating people.
"They're going to pay a lot of money and we're going to reduce our debt with that money."
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