America’s Debt Just Hit a Record. Treasury Secretary Bessent Is Still Bailing Out the World’s Most Indebted Economy.

The U.S. Treasury’s own accounting says the country owed $39.84 trillion as of July 30, 2026, a figure climbing by roughly $12.6 billion a day and almost certain to breach $40 trillion before the fiscal year closes on September 30. That same week, a Reuters photographer captured Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s notepad...