Scott Bessent
The Public Record
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the Trump administration; hedge-fund manager and founder of Key Square Group.
Ultimately, we are confident in the strong relationship between President Trump and President Xi.
It is much better to form an economic bridge with our allies, people who want to do the right thing, then have to have shoot at narco gunboats.
This is China versus the world — they have pointed a bazooka at the supply chains and the industrial base of the entire free world, and we’re not going to have it.
He will be meeting with party chair Xi in Korea — I believe that meeting will still be on.
U.S. Treasury is prepared, immediately, to take whatever exceptional measures are warranted to provide stability to markets.
U.S. Treasury is prepared, immediately, to take whatever exceptional measures are warranted to provide stability to markets.
They don't represent the American people, and you know they're making up excuses.
This isn't the way to have a discussion, shutting down the government and lowering the GDP.