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Scott Bessent: “Thanks to the Supreme Court, some of this money is going…”

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

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Scott Bessent, and Kelly Loeffler Brief Members of the Media

Published | Video Starts at 36:11

Again, we'll have to see what comes out and we'll have to see what the companies do with them. Just to be clear, just to be clear Thanks to the Supreme Court, some of this money is going back to China. So is that going to affect the U.S. economy? I don't know. Danny, go ahead. Secretary, you were quoted as saying in an interview earlier this week that it was worth a bit of economic pain for international security. (36:11–36:15)

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Asserts that some of the tariff refund money will be returned to China due to a Supreme Court decision.

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