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Scott Bessent Gives Deranged Financial Advice on Beating Inflation
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thinks that people struggling with rising inflation should simply move from a blue state to a red state.…
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“How Much Does Your Arm Weigh?“: WTF Is Scott Bessent Talking About?
Trump has already sent aircraft carriers to the Caribbean Sea, part of a deployment of dozens of warships, as well as 15,000 troops, to…
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Bessent Says Oil Prices Will Drop “if Something Happens” in Venezuela
“Now the pressure on Ukraine is one of the most difficult,” Zelenskiy said in his native language, standing outside his presidential…
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Trump Publicly Threatens to Fire Scott Bessent in Unhinged Rant
President Trump joked (we think) about firing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent while Bessent was sitting right in front of him. “Interest…
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Scott Bessent Admits Trump’s Doing Everything He Can Not to Fund Snap
Scott Bessent claimed they are still waiting to hear from the courts ... after a ruling had been issued. Source link
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Scott Bessent Reveals Trump’s Infuriating China Trade Plan
Donald Trump’s plan is just ... limbo. Source link
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Scott Bessent Finally Admits the Truth About Trump’s Tariff Costs
The New York Timesreported Wednesday that Cuomo “spoke about the race directly” with the president in recent weeks. Though it’s not clear…
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U.S. and China Agree to Stick to Prior Trade Truce as Tensions Escalate
The United States and China, trying to ease economic tensions between the superpowers, agreed to a “framework” for extending a trade truce…
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U.S. and China to Hold First Trade Talks Since Trump’s Tariffs
Top officials from the Trump administration will meet with their Chinese counterparts in Switzerland this week, the first formal meeting…
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Scott Bessent kicks off Milken bash by doubling down on Trump agenda
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent kicked off Michael Milken’s annual financial bash in Beverly Hills by doubling down on President Trump’s…
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Scott Bessent Urges Investors to Bet on Trump’s Economic Plan
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged skittish global business leaders on Monday to ignore President Trump’s economic naysayers and ramp…
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White House-Amazon Spat Culminates in Trump Calling Bezos ‘Very Nice’
President Trump’s 100th day in office started with what seemed to be a fresh and fast-escalating spat between the White House and Amazon.…
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Trump’s 100-Day Economic Report Card
Trump’s tumultuous start When President Trump took office in January for his second term, business leaders anticipated an administration…
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Howard Lutnick, Trump’s ‘Buoyant’ Trade Warrior, Flexes His Power Over Global Business
Since Howard Lutnick was tapped to serve as President Trump’s commerce secretary, executives from some of the world’s largest companies…
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Dollar Doubts Dominate Gathering of Global Economic Leaders
On the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent…
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China Rejects Trump Claim of Tariff Talks With Xi
President Trump, whose trade war with China has rattled financial markets and threatened to disrupt huge swaths of trade, suggested on…
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Has Trump’s Tariff Fight Passed Its Peak?
Seen and heard, tariff edition “We have three airplanes that we had in China ready for delivery. I think we’ve got two of those already…
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Bessent, Trump talk up trade deal with China, cheering markets
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said the U.S. and China can reach a "big deal" if Beijing is serious about rebalancing its…
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Trump says he's joining Bessent and Lutnick for trade negotiations with Japanese at the White House
President Donald Trump said he's joining some of his top economic advisers on Wednesday for negotiations at the White House over tariffs…
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Nvidia and Other Chip Giants Are Caught in Trade War Crossfire
Nvidia and others are the latest casualties of escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing, as analysts press business leaders…
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Scott Bessent Is Not Our Economic Savior
It’s not clear that Bessent is in charge of other economic policies. Back in October, he told the Financial Times that he did not believe…
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Bessent Takes Tricky Center Stage as Trade Wars Roil U.S. Economy
The traditional gathering of former Treasury secretaries to welcome a newly minted one into the fold is usually a lighthearted and…
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Trump Insists ‘Everybody’ Wants to Make a Trade Deal With the U.S.
A day after President Trump capitulated on his global reciprocal tariffs, he and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick insisted that one…
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Inside Trump’s Reversal on Tariffs: From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’
For the past week, President Trump has been urging calm in the face of the financial chaos that he created and resisting calls for him to…