dublin. he insisted staying at his boss resort made sense. he has family ties to that town. a primary challenge against president trump. former south carolina governor mark sanford is the third republican trying to unseat his party s leader. bill weld and joe walsh have already declared. sanford is a long-time deficit hawk. he is challenging the president and his own party over what he considers reckless spending. as a party, we ve lost our way. the president has called himself the king of debt. has a familiarity and comfort level with debt that is ultimately leading us in the wrong direction. under president trump, the national debt has soared from 19.9 trillion, to $22.5 trillion. the congressional budget office