Bessent comments on U.S. debt reaching $40 trillion
NBC News·2026-08-20 18:59
the the 40 trillion is a big number. Uh it is smaller when we look at the publicly traded amount because our social security funds and other government entities hold a substantial amount. And what we're going to do, we're going to have to grow our way out of this.And as I talked about at at G20 in Asheville, we are going to talk about the US growth strategy and encourage the rest of the world to come along with. ...