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Scott Bessent: “Treasury will seed those [Trump] accounts with $1,000.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 11:03

They don't participate in the innovation. They end our economic engine. They don't understand our great management. So with the Trump accounts, with the children who were born during President Trump's administration, Treasury will seed those [Trump] accounts with $1,000. But anyone with children under 18 should open a Trump account because many of the great poor philanthropists are also putting Money in families can put up to $5,000 and per year they are per child. (11:03–11:07)

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Asserts that the Treasury will seed Trump accounts with $1,000 for children born during Trump's administration.

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