Greenland, Donald Trump and Scott Bessent
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent received backlash over an edit of him saying that retiring Americans have purchased “five, 10, 12 homes.”
The Treasury secretary who previously urged Trump not to fire the Fed chair is now publicly building the case against him.
In a leaked message to the Norwegian prime minister, Trump said being snubbed for a Nobel Peace Prize inspired him to no longer ‘think purely of Peace’ when it comes to the U.S. taking over Greenland
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was a mistake for Jerome Powell to attend arguments in a case on Fed independence. But Mr. Bessent attended a tariff case.
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Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Pushes Back on Trump’s Greenland Goals as She Confronts Scott Bessent at Davos
"How do you justify taking over a country when, in fact, Denmark and Greenland have said they are not interested?”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday morning that banks should focus on the sweeping deregulation the administration has enacted as the industry pushes back on President Trump's proposed 10% credit card interest rate cap.
"For working families for each wage earner, we could see up to $1,000 per wage earner," Bessent told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Last month, Bessent predicted there would be up to $150 billion in tax refunds, "which could be between $1,000, $2,000 per household."
Scott Bessent tells European leaders to ‘sit back, take a deep breath’ over Greenland tariff threats
DAVOS, Switzerland — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called for calm over the U.S.’s fraught trade relationship with the EU and U.K., warning that the “worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.”
Trump has narrowed the race down to four potential candidates to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, including Former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, National Economic Council Director Kevin
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a hedge fund veteran who spent decades trading currencies and bonds, has emerged as the Trump administration’s chief crisis manager in global markets—accurately diagnosing Japan’s historic bond selloff while strategically framing the narrative to shield the White House from blame over its aggressive Greenland campaign.