Scott Bessent: “Clearly he had an outside manager who was doing that.”

“A couple of things, Senator. One, President Trump is not sitting in the Oval Office engaging in a high frequency trading strategy. Clearly, Clearly he had an outside manager who was doing that. And so, and I think it's incumbent upon both houses, the of Congress to get their house in order before you move to the administrative branch. You think it's okay for the President?” (01:39–01:43)

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