During a press conference, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was questioned about the United States’ roughly $40 trillion national debt and the country’s growing fiscal burden. Bessent blamed the previous Democratic administration for leaving behind what he described as a difficult financial situation, while defending the Trump administration’s approach to managing government spending and the economy.

Scott Bessent thinks it’s A-OK that the national debt is ballooning.

Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump (L) speaks, flanked by US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, during a roundtable discussion on his "no tax on…