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Democrats 'seem to think that poor people are stupid,' Scott Bessent says
President Trump's Treasury secretary bristled at suggestions that changes to Medicaid would make it too difficult for people.
Bessent demands apology from Summers over ‘big, beautiful bill’ criticism
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent late Sunday fired back at Larry Summers for the former Treasury secretary’s criticism of ...
Bessent: Trump Cares About Quality Of Trade Deals, Not Quantity
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered some more clues about tariff/trade negotiations as the president's latest deadline ...
Bessent Says He Expects Trade Deals by This Week’s Deadline
But the Treasury secretary also said that some countries working toward agreements with the United States could have until ...
Tariffs will revert to April levels if countries don't make a deal by August 1, Bessent says
Tariffs are set to return to President Donald Trump's original April levels without new trade deals by August 1, Treasury ...
Scott Bessent: "The Principles Of DOGE Were Very Popular... Elon Was Not"
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ran this victory lap after running Elon Musk out of the Trump administration, during an ...
Scott Bessent says young men are in an ‘era of despondency,’ has hope for American workers
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses the impact of President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ immigrant labor and ...
Bessent: Trump tariffs set to ‘boomerang back’ to higher rates if deals not reached
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that countries will see their respective tariff rates “boomerang back” on Aug ...
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Bessent says his mailbox is ‘full of trade proposals’ as Trump issues tariff letters to 14 countries
Bessent confirmed that US allies and trading partners have been scrambling to finalise trade deals before the looming July 9 ...