>>519140923
Bessett was dabbing on the Chinese yesterday. It was honestly pretty funny, I have never seen that faggot gloat that hard other than the time he gave Musk a black eye.
>President Donald Trump’s tariffs were a major contributor to tariff collections of $202 billion for the year, representing a 142% surge from 2024. September saw $30 billion in tariff payments, up 295% from the same period a year ago.
>Treasury officials estimated Thursday that the dip in the budget shortfall will bring the ratio of deficit to gross domestic product to 5.9%. The measure has not been below 6% since 2022 and generally runs around the 3% area except in times of economic stress.
>In an interview last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, noting Congressional Budget Office estimates that the deficit-to-GDP number would be below 6%, said “we’re on our way” to reducing the debt and deficit burden.
>The impact from the deficit was felt in interest paid on the $38 trillion national debt.
>Interest on the debt totaled more than $1.2 trillion, also a record and nearly $100 billion higher than the 2024 outlay.
https://archive.is/56oqG
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/us-budget-deficit-lower-in-2025-tariffs-debt-payments-both-at-records.html
