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.

Jul 7, 2025

The EU was very slow in coming to the table but talks were now making very good progress.

cbsnews.com
Jul 7, 2025

I think we're going to see a lot of deals very quickly.

cbsnews.com
Jul 7, 2025

President Trump is going to be sending letters to some of our trading partners saying that if you don’t move things along, then on Aug. 1st, you will be boomerang back to your April 2nd tariff level.

thedailybeast.com
Jul 7, 2025

We are saying this is when it’s happening, if you want to speed things up, have at it, if you want to go back to the old rate, that’s your choice.

nypost.com
Jul 6, 2025

It’s not a new deadline. We are saying, 'This is when it’s happening. If you want to speed things up, have at it.'

cnn.com
Jul 6, 2025

'if you don't move things along, then, on Aug. 1, you will boomerang back to your April 2 tariff level.'

cbsnews.com
Jul 6, 2025

President Trump’s going to be sending letters to some of our trading partners saying that if you don’t move things along, then on Aug. 1, you will boomerang back to your April 2 tariff level.

nbcnews.com
Jul 6, 2025

I don’t think poor people are stupid. I think they have agency.

breitbart.com
Jul 6, 2025

It’s not a new deadline. We are saying this is when it’s happening.

nbcnews.com
Jul 6, 2025

I think if you looked at the polling, Elon was not.

usatoday.com
Jul 6, 2025

The principles of DOGE were very popular. I think, if you looked at the polling, Elon was not.

motherjones.com
Jul 6, 2025

I believe that the boards of directors at his various companies wanted him to come back and run those companies.

thedailybeast.com