We should bring back surpluses in the good times. If you are the head of a country and you are proclaiming that the economy is "the greatest ever" then you should be running a balanced / surplus budget.
If the economy is in the shitter you are perfectly entitled to run a deficit.
It makes nobody happy - people who think deficits are bad, people who think continual deficits are good, people with no trust in politicians to do the right thing.
If the economy is in the shitter you are perfectly entitled to run a deficit.