Bessent: “We will grow our way out of debt.”
Real GDP growth:
2023: +2.9%
2024: +2.8%
2025: +2.1%
2026: +1.5% (Q2 annualized)
US debt growth:
2023: +7.2%
2024: +6.9%
2025: +6.1%
2026: +7.5% (last 12 months)
Debt is growing 2–3× faster than the economy.
You don’t grow your way out of debt when the debt is outrunning growth every single year.
It’s not looking good.