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Bessent Says Trump Paused Sovereign Wealth Fund to Focus on Debt
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration paused plans to create a sovereign wealth fund as the ...
Scott Bessent says Trump will raise tariffs again on any nation that doesn't negotiate in 'good faith'
Treasury Secretary Bessent told NBC that if nations don't want to negotiate with the US, then their tariffs will "spring back ...
Trump’s tariff threat to Apple is about bringing back ‘precision manufacturing’: Bessent
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that President Donald Trump‘s threat of a 25% tariff against Apple if it doesn’t ...
Scott Bessent admits Trump’s tariffs may mean Walmart shoppers pay more
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Sunday that Walmart, the largest US retailer, may pass along some of the costs ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump's 'strategic uncertainty' is a negotiating tactic
"So, if we were to give too much certainty to the other countries, then they would play us in the negotiations," Bessent said ...
Bessent shouted profanities at a goading Elon Musk in West Wing after Trump told warring pair to ‘have at it’
Bessent shouted profanities at a goading Elon Musk in West Wing after Trump told warring pair to ‘have at it’ - Bessent ...
Trump to carry out tariff threats if nations don't negotiate in 'good faith,' Bessent says
President Donald Trump will impose tariffs at the rate he threatened last month on trading partners that do not negotiate in ...
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Scott Bessent says Trump is pushing to strip Harvard’s tax-exempt status
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that President Trump is now actively moving to take away Harvard University’s ...