The Minutes of Scott Bessent on deficits https://minutesof.com/scott-bessent/on/deficits/ Everything Scott Bessent has said on deficits: 2 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 Bessent expresses confidence that tariff income will match or exceed last year's level, attributing most defic https://minutesof.com/q/8e9a84af-12ea-42d5-9a1a-c08dc006dc29/ https://minutesof.com/q/8e9a84af-12ea-42d5-9a1a-c08dc006dc29/ “I am confident that we will be back to a, the same level, if not higher, of tariff income for last year, and that is most of the increase in the deficit.” — Forbes Breaking News Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:40:21 +0000 deficits