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
Sep 9, 2026

Let this be a warning to anyone doing business with Iran's remaining airlines, all of which we sanctioned today: You are at risk of being cut off from the global financial system.

cbsnews.com
Sep 5, 2026

Ukraine has decided that they want to blow up Russian energy assets and refined products," Bessent said on Fox News, adding that the attacks were contributing to an energy shock and putting upward pressure on prices globally.

meduza.io
Sep 5, 2026

We know who you are, we know where you are, and we will continue to take action together with our allies and partners until we have buried the head of the Iranian snake.

dailycaller.com
Sep 5, 2026

While we hope no more banks will need to be sanctioned, that ultimately depends on how quickly the international community comes to its senses and ceases support of the murderous Iranian regime.

dailycaller.com
Sep 5, 2026

Financial institutions continue to find out the hard way that we are serious about Operation Economic Outcast.

dailycaller.com
Sep 4, 2026

Real wages are up $1,000… the bottom 25% of wage earners, just like in your first term, are outperforming the top 25%… In the past year, that group had wage increases of 5.5% — three times what the top end has done.

whitehouse.gov
Sep 4, 2026

Everyone in this audience and every news outlet should be ashamed for publishing that, taking a lying regime at face value.

huffpost.com
Sep 4, 2026

One of the best allies that the Iranians have on this is the media because the media immediately publishes all the lies that they say.

huffpost.com
Sep 4, 2026

Schools rebranding race-based preferences as equitable, inclusive, or diversity-enhancing does not change their discriminatory nature,

foxnews.com
Sep 3, 2026

The only way for us to get out of this is to grow our way out of it.

reason.com
Sep 3, 2026

The world is awash in debt.

reason.com