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Scott Bessent: “Private sector employment is up more than 930,000 since the…”

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 03:40

Let me repeat that. Private sector jobs, not government jobs for the last four months. And real GDP has increased at a rate of 2.7% over the past four quarters. Private sector employment is up more than 930,000 since the President came into office. The working family's tax cuts delivered the largest share of tax relief directly to millions of low middle income Americans. And as administrator lore said, every Democrat in the Senate and House voted against it. (03:40–03:51)

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