Scott Bessent: “Gary Shapley's passion and thoughtfulness for approaching ways by which to create durable and lasting reforms at the IRS…”

I emphasized that we expect Beijing to fully meet its commitments on rare earths and U.S. agricultural products.

We want to make clear here today that no one is above the reach of U.S. sanctions.

We are going to collapse this regime. It is time for our allies and the rest of the world to make a decision.

Core inflation is low. Consumer confidence is strong. We have the highest consumer confidence — it came out today — in five months.