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.

Quotes by year · 2023–2026334 total · peak 2025 (212)
2023: 2 quotes2025: 212 quotes2026: 120 quotes
Oct 26, 2025

It's propaganda coming across our border to decry the tariffs.

cbsnews.com
Oct 26, 2025

I don't know what good it does to summon them to the White House.

cbsnews.com
Oct 26, 2025

I think it's an embarrassment, doesn't affect his ability on the international stage.

cbsnews.com
Oct 26, 2025

This is a Democratic-led boycott, and I'm just not sure what they're doing.

cbsnews.com
Oct 26, 2025

It's a global embarrassment what these Democratic senators are doing, keeping the government shut down.

cbsnews.com
Oct 23, 2025

Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate cease-fire.

nypost.com
Oct 22, 2025

Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate cease-fire.

nypost.com
Oct 15, 2025

We do have to be very careful not to overreach.

cnbc.com
Oct 15, 2025

I wouldn’t be surprised.

cnbc.com
Oct 15, 2025

So we’re going to set price floors and the forward buying to make sure that this doesn’t happen again and we’re going to do it across a range of industries.

cnbc.com
Oct 15, 2025

When you are facing a nonmarket economy like China, then you have to exercise industrial policy.

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