If anyone believes there is any meaning in a monthly surplus or deficit figure, they are fooling themselves. These numbers go up and down based upon when people and corporations pre-pay their estimated taxes and when they pay their taxes.
There were months that had surpluses during Obama's term but they understood that fact as meaningless and didn't use it as an opportunity to brag, like the orange-twit. Moreover, trying to take credit for January 2018's surplus while ignoring the deficits since April 2017, is like the Vegas gambler who only counts her winnings and not her losses.
None of this will have any effect on the annual deficit that has estimated to be a trillion dollars.