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- U.S. President Donald Trump heard Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defend the administration's economic record in an NBC News interview.
- Bessent expressed optimism about the economy and discussed inflation and tariffs after a Supreme Court ruling.
- Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, criticized the policies and highlighted the national debt.
- She urged Trump to acknowledge the bipartisan debt crisis and proposed measures to address it.
