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Bessent tries to walk back comments suggesting Social Security could be privatized
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is trying to walk back comments that Trump savings accounts for newborns could be a ...
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Scott Bessent Gulps His Way Through Damage Control on Social Security
The Treasury secretary has a really strange way of convincing people it’s “ridiculous” to think the program is under threat.
Trump Accounts 'Backdoor Way' to Privatize Social Security: Scott Bessent
The Treasury Secretary has described new savings account for young Americans as a "backdoor for privatizing Social Security." ...
Scott Bessent Calls New Tax Policy 'Backdoor For Privatizing Social Security'
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday described the tax bill President Donald Trump signed into law this month ...
Bessent says US has 'makings of a deal' with China
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that he believed that Washington has the makings of a deal with China ...
Scott Bessent got a little too honest about the GOP's plan for Social Security
The pushback was so fierce that Bessent backpeddled immediately, both on cable news and social media. The Trump Accounts, he ...
Trump rules out Bessent as next Fed chair
President Trump said Tuesday he was taking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent off the list of prospective candidates for the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. “Well I love Scott, but he wants to ...
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'Your Side Seems Disappointed': Scott Bessent Smirks At Senate Democrats As He Diagnoses Them With 'Tariff Derangement Syndrome' In Smug Moment
During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on June 12, 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent smugly smirked at Senator Ron ...