Aaron Rupar(@atrupar):🤦 Bessent's latest media tour was a disaster 🤦 "There's nothing magic about the $40 trillion number. We can grow our way out of that" "After the deportations that we've seen and the closing of the border, we don't need to produce as many jobs" The Treasury Secretary made some pathetic attempts this morning to explain bad economic data. Here's a supercut:

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar

2026.08.20 20:32

🤦 Bessent's latest media tour was a disaster 🤦 "There's nothing magic about the $40 trillion number. We can grow our way out of that" "After the deportations that we've seen and the closing of the border, we don't need to produce as many jobs" The Treasury Secretary made some pathetic attempts this morning to explain bad economic data. Here's a supercut: