https://minutesof.com/scott-bessent/on/deficit/ Everything Scott Bessent has said on deficit: 4 verbatim quotes from August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:06 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/a35e91f4-6839-4a81-899a-45dfe3bbc0ff/ https://minutesof.com/q/a35e91f4-6839-4a81-899a-45dfe3bbc0ff/ “We are the announcing probably at the end of this week, beginning of next week, an increased focus on fiscal consolidation. And, you know, it's the coming from president Trump.” — CNBC Television Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:37:26 +0000 deficit https://minutesof.com/q/a5f55eee-c586-4640-94e0-4f0fca881564/ https://minutesof.com/q/a5f55eee-c586-4640-94e0-4f0fca881564/ “We actually had a fiscal consolidation for the calendar year 2025. You know, we we had we were at about 5.7% of GDP.” — CNBC Television Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:37:26 +0000 deficit https://minutesof.com/q/8f78af91-f8b1-4ea9-9e16-cea83654ac98/ https://minutesof.com/q/8f78af91-f8b1-4ea9-9e16-cea83654ac98/ “I would expect that our 2026 tariff income is gonna be roughly what it was in '25, and we're gonna be able to keep that in terms of the budget consolidation.” — CNBC Television Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:37:26 +0000 deficit https://minutesof.com/q/26f1b3ad-eef1-4674-afce-bba962eb7829/ https://minutesof.com/q/26f1b3ad-eef1-4674-afce-bba962eb7829/ “As I said, OMB director Vogt, myself, the president, that combined with the vice president's fraud task force where I think we could save several $100,000,000,000.” — CNBC Television Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:37:26 +0000 deficit