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 · 2023–2026342 total · peak 2025 (212)
2023: 2 quotes2025: 212 quotes2026: 128 quotes
Jul 3, 2026

Thirty-eight percent of American households have no investment in our great equity markets.

cbsnews.com
Jul 3, 2026

The stock market lives in the future.

cbsnews.com
Jul 3, 2026

I would expect, perhaps, as soon as this month, we're going to see real wage gains.

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Jul 3, 2026

Gasoline prices are a little stickier on the way down.

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Jul 3, 2026

We're going to get to the other side of this.

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Jul 3, 2026

I don't think there's an appearance problem

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Jun 24, 2026

We didn’t have a regime change, but we changed the regime.

foreignpolicy.com
Jun 24, 2026

We had maximum pressure, then we had Epic Fury, then we had Economic Fury, and then we had the blockade. And that’s how we got the Iranians to the negotiating table.

foreignpolicy.com
Jun 17, 2026

The grand culmination of U.S. sanctions policy

reason.com
Jun 13, 2026

Texas has become America’s center of gravity because it is fostering the conditions for families and businesses to flourish.

foxnews.com
Jun 13, 2026

More than strengthening an economy, energy abundance also secures a nation. Economic security is national security.

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