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Scott Bessent: “Under President Trump's leadership, the US treasury is…”

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

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's America 250 Address: Economic Statecraft, Tariffs, and the Dollar

Published | Video Starts at 05:10

Indeed, the most fitting way to honor those who founded this nation is to meet the great challenges of our own time with the same resolve that they brought to theirs. And in that spirit, Under President Trump's leadership, the US treasury is working to restore economic security as the foundation that allows a nation to fulfill its most basic obligations. In my remarks before the Economic Club of Dallas, I detailed how the structural vulnerabilities that we allowed to accumulate over time precipitated a drift into dependence. (05:10–05:22)

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Asserts that the US Treasury is focused on restoring economic security under President Trump's leadership.

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