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Scott Bessent: “President Trump, even before the conflict started, had said…”

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

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Scott Bessent defends U.S. military actions in Iran: 'Sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate'

Published | Video Starts at 11:43

Well, what. Can you answer it? Why would we do that? That the, that we have plenty. We have a trillion dollars in this year's budget for the military. And President Trump, even before the conflict started, had said that he would like to further build out the military. So just. Is raising taxes under consideration at all? You're saying you have plenty of money? Not at all. Okay, let's turn to how all of this is impacting consumers. (11:43–11:50)

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Asserts that President Trump expressed a desire to expand the military before the conflict.

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