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Scott Bessent: “Millions of American youth are now able to watch their…”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Secretary Bessent Speaks to President Trump's Strong Economy - 07/22/26

Published | Video Starts at 06:50

But under President Trump's leadership, we have designed and built a world class platform. Trump accounts enrolled a million children every single month between its announcement and launch. No tech launch in history has seen those numbers. Millions of American youth are now able to watch their investments accounts compound in real time from a couple of thousand dollars in kindergarten to an estimated half a million dollars by retirement age. It turns out that the federal government was capable of implementing a great program, but all we needed was a new president. And importantly, Trump accounts are no government handout. (06:50–07:04)

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Asserts that American youth can watch their investment accounts grow from a few thousand dollars to an estimated half a million by retirement.

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