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Scott Bessent: “Nothing's changed [regarding the dollar as a reserve…”

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

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Trump deal with Iran, gas prices, economics & more addressed during Scott Bessent, Larry Kudlow chat

Published | Video Starts at 24:24

And if I'm not mistaken, you yourself have been a strong advocate of maintaining the dollar as a reserve currency. And I know in the first term when I served, the President was always a strong advocate to maintain … Nothing's changed [regarding the dollar as a reserve currency]. … 35 years and I think people have the wrong notion of what a strong dollar means. Strong Dollar isn't the price on the screen every second, every minute, every day, every week. (24:24–24:26)

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Asserts that the policy of maintaining the dollar as a reserve currency has not changed.

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