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Scott Bessent: “Michael and Susan Dell led the way by pledging an incredible…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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FULL SPEECH: Speaker Johnson and Scott Bessent Wrap Up the Trump Account Launch Summit - 01/28/26

Published | Video Starts at 16:12

But Trump accounts removed those obstacles entirely to put money directly in the hands of America's children. And that's why America's savviest capital allocators have devoted enormous sums of wealth to further ceding Trump accounts. Michael and Susan Dell led the way by pledging an incredible 6.25 billion of their own money to help fund Trump accounts for 25 million children under the age of 10. Ray and Barbara Dalio then followed suit by pledging 75 million to help fund Trump accounts for more than 300,000 children. (16:12–16:27)

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