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Scott Bessent: “President Trump has unleashed this boom with his policies.”

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

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… the entire Biden four years saw 1 trillion of foreign direct investment, maybe it was 250 billion last year. So a couple of things. There's pent up demand, but then President Trump has unleashed this boom with his policies. So whether it is trade, tax, so the tariff policy, the great certainty that we have from the one big beautiful bill and he's made it known that America is open for business. (01:00–01:09)

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Asserts that President Trump's policies have caused an economic boom.

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