@DCPatriot This budget bill has been the main stick the NTers have been beating Trump with, but I agree with you. There are more important things than the deficit. The deficit can be greatly reduced anyway, with Trump's program of downsizing useless agencies and making it easier to get rid of excess federal employees.
Trump is on the offensive about the issues import to us; immigration and safety from rogue nations.
Addressing the chronic budget deficit needs to be made a priority. Unfortunately, the things you mention are either small potatoes (downsizing useless agencies) or will hinder economic growth and make deficit reductions that much more difficult (immigration restrictions).
The only real solution to chronic deficits is entitlement reform. I was pleased to read in yesterday's Wall Street Journal the Op-Ed by John Kasich where he declared that entitlement reform needs to be our biggest priority. Right now, I am prepared to support John Kasich for President in 2020, a conservative in the traditional mold who knows we cannot go on forever living beyond our means, and a track record of accomplishment in cutting deficits and encouraging economic growth. To me, these are far more relevant to our future than culture wars over religion and brown people.