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Scott Bessent: “We created 900,000 private sector jobs since President Trump…”

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

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Scott Bessent: This has been a BLOW OUT

Published | Video Starts at 02:34

So again, once we get on the other side of this energy pinch, and as you said, the important thing is that underneath all that, the economy is doing very well. We created 900,000 private sector jobs since President Trump came to office. Those aren't government jobs. These are good paying private sector jobs. We're having a manufacturing rebirth because a combination of the tariffs and our tax, our tax policy. (02:34–02:40)

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