Scott Bessent: “Well, you Democrats should know — no wonder so many people are leaving Illinois. Why don't you come see me in South…”

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

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

We do not ask bankers to assume the burdens of border enforcement, but we depend on banks to do what you do best: know your customers, identify risks as they arise, and report suspicious patterns before they metastasize into criminal…

I can’t think of a problem in society that can’t be traced in some way back to the abuses of organized labor.