Treasury Secretary Bessent slams ‘deficit hawks’ for silence during Biden era

🚨 BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says, "I'm not sure where all these deficit hawks were when Team Biden was blowing out the deficit!"

"We are trying to accelerate growth because changing the growth trajectory upward solves a lot of the deficit problems." pic.twitter.com/g3fXQf9Ejr

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 7, 2025

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says, “I’m not sure where all these deficit hawks were when Team Biden was blowing out the deficit!”

“We are trying to accelerate growth because changing the growth trajectory upward solves a lot of the deficit problems.”