US Debt Tops $40T; Vance Cites Bessent's 'Discreet Plan'
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- US national debt has topped $40 trillion, a milestone the WGAL report contextualizes with accompanying charts.
- Vance said Bessent has a "very discreet plan" to shrink the $40 trillion debt, while Bessent separately said there is a "very good chance" on the US budget deficit.
Why it matters: The $40 trillion milestone arrives with Bessent offering only a hedged "very good chance" the deficit situation improves — no concrete dollar target or timeline — so the scale of the debt and the certainty of any fix are diverging as borrowing continues to climb.
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