For everyone who thinks these market declines are all based on the president’s economic policies, I can tell you that this market decline started with the Chinese AI announcement of DeepSeek.
Scott Bessent: “For everyone who thinks these market declines are all based on the president’s economic policies, I can tell you that…”
On the recordApril 6, 2025
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Bessent attributes market declines to external factors rather than Trump's policies.
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