Scott Bessent on

debt

1 quote · August 2026

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  1. Bessent claims the Biden administration had the highest peacetime, non-recession deficit-to-GDP ratio in history.

    “The Biden administration had the highest deficit to GDP in history when we weren't at war or weren't in a recession.”

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