Bessent Blames Democrats for Shutdown, Says It Could Weaken U.S. GDP | WSJ News
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we were left with a mess. It was the largest deficit uh when we weren't in a recession, weren't at war, and we are fixing the deficit. And um you know, there could be a a discussion, but this isn't the way to have a discussion.Shutting down the government and lowering the GDP. They they you have a 3.8% 8% GDP and the Democrats shut down the government that you we could see a hit to the GDP, a hit to growth and a hit to working Americans. The Democrats want to negotiate uh you know in the you know like terro ...