Scott Bessent: “The president's numbers have been improving since October.”

“And if you look at the polling, the president's underwater on his handling of the economy, that critical issue. So what do you say to Americans who argue they're not feeling change fast enough? Well, again, Kristen, The president's numbers have been improving since October. Prices are coming down. And I think we are going to see an acceleration here. We've had real wage gains every month since the president's been in office.” (02:11–02:16)

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