"And the first person who needs to tighten his belt is the President."

We have tightened our belts; everything is ready for such a situation.

In these difficult times, Americans have had to tighten their belts and learn to do more with less.

In other words, it would have to tighten its belt.

So everyone in this town is going to have to tighten his belt a bit.

Looks to me that we all need to tighten our belts.

And they're asking the poor people to tighten their belts.

And with Americans across the country tightening their belts, it is time for the federal government to do the same.

So when families have to "tighten their belt" what goes first?

We cannot just call on the other institutions to tighten their belts.