Political Quotes

Scott Bessent

The Public Record

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the Trump administration; hedge-fund manager and founder of Key Square Group.

Aug 20, 2025

We have had very good talks with China.

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Aug 20, 2025

China is, right now, the biggest revenue line in the tariff income.

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Aug 14, 2025

We will continue our effort to completely eradicate the cartels' ability to generate revenue, including their efforts to prey on elderly Americans through timeshare fraud.

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Aug 13, 2025

The American people deserve better than this. People shouldn’t come to Washington to get rich, they should come to serve the American people.

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Aug 13, 2025

I suspect we could have had rate cuts in June and July.

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Aug 13, 2025

I think we could go into a series of rate cuts here, starting with a 50 basis point rate cut in September.

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Aug 13, 2025

If you look at any model, it suggests that we should probably be 150, 175 basis points lower.

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Aug 13, 2025

I am going to start pushing for this single-stock trading ban, because it is the credibility of the House and the Senate, that you look at some of these eye-popping returns, whether it’s Representative Pelosi, Senator Wyden, every hedge…

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Aug 7, 2025

Treasury, in close coordination with our law enforcement partners, is committed to a full-frontal assault on the cartels, targeting the leadership and revenue streams that enable their horrific crimes.

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Aug 7, 2025

These cartels poison Americans with fentanyl and conduct human smuggling operations along our southwest border.

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Aug 6, 2025

Under President Trump, the Treasury Department will continue to be relentless in its effort to put America First by targeting terrorist drug cartels.

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