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What to know about How Scott Bessent used financial engineering to finance the $2 trillion deficit while leaving it untouched—and created a $1.45 trillion shortfall

How Scott Bessent used financial engineering to finance the $2 trillion deficit while leaving it untouched—and created a $1.45 trillion shortfall While investors fixate on the AI boom, a warning from a group of Wall Street bankers whose job is to help the U.S.

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What happened

How Scott Bessent used financial engineering to finance the $2 trillion deficit while leaving it untouched—and created a $1.45 trillion shortfall While investors fixate on the AI boom, a warning from a group of Wall Street bankers whose job is to help the U.S.

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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say”
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Multiple web search results, including reports citing the Sunday Telegraph, state that Iran-linked hackers were responsible for a cyber attack that shut down a UK power plant.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran-linked hackers 'shut down UK power plant' for FOUR days in major cyber attack - after series of hits on US targets.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — A small power plant in the UK was shut down during a cyber attack.The UK's power network has a number of smaller gas generators which provide short-term power when needed. Protecting the country's sup…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9793g34yvo
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web search NEUTRAL — The power plant was shut down for four days as a result of the attack last month, according to the Sunday Telegraph, which first reported it. A spokesperson for the Department for Energy Security and …
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/23/iran-linked-ha…
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Claim 2: “Scott Bessent used financial engineering to finance the $2 trillion deficit while leaving it untouched—and created a $1.45 trillion shortfall”
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Multiple independent web sources and a cross-reference report that Scott Bessent used financial engineering to finance a $2 trillion deficit and created a $1.45 trillion shortfall. Wikipedia confirms Scott Bessent is the US Treasury Secretary.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bessent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Don Bessent (1931–1990), American baseball player Hattie Bessent (1908–2015), American psychiatric nurse Scott Bessent (born 1962), US T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessent
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bessent v. Dellinger was a 2025 case in which lawyer Hampton Dellinger challenged his firing from the United States Office of Special Counsel. On February 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Dis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessent_v._Dellinger
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent ( BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman, financial commentator, and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bessent
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Claim 3: “the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has contacted power companies to advise them about the risk of cyber attacks.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) contacted power companies to advise them about the risk of cyber attacks following the incident.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Energy_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It was established on 7 February 2023 by a cabinet reshuffle under the Rish…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_for_Energy_Security…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is a mid-level position in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in the Government of the United Kingdom. The role used to be part of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Energy_S…
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Claim 4: “Anthropic... co-founded by CEO Dario Amodei, is preparing to [IPO]”
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Multiple web sources (Bloomberg, The Information) report that Anthropic is preparing for an IPO and is structuring supervoting shares for founders. Wikipedia confirms Dario Amodei co-founded Anthropic.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthropic, PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its flagship product is Claude, a series of proprietary large language…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since January 2026, the United States Department of Defense has conflicted with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic over the use of its products for military purposes and mass domestic surve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic–United_States_Depart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dario Amodei (born 1983) is an American artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. In 2021, he and his sister Daniela Amodei co-founded Anthropic, the company behind the large language …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei
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Claim 5: “A small power plant in the UK was shut down during a cyber attack.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that a small power plant in the UK was shut down for four days due to a cyber attack.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A United Kingdom is a 2016 biographical romantic drama film directed by Amma Asante and written by Guy Hibbert, based on the true-life romance of Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of the Bangwato Trib…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_United_Kingdom
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The demographics of the United Kingdom have shown considerable change since the time of the initial creation of the United Kingdom in 1707. The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at 69.5 m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Kin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It compr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
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Claim 6: “The United States Postal Service (USPS) has released a new rule adding … [new rules for mail-in ballots]”
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The provided evidence contains general information about the USPS and unrelated information about United Airlines, but no mention of new rules for mail-in ballots.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) is the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service. It supports and protects the United States Postal Service, its employees, in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" is a phrase long associated with the American postal worker. Though not an …
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