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Scott Bessent: “We had real wage increases every month under President…”

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 03:58

… the cost of groceries, car repairs, all the things that have remained stubbornly high over these last especially few months? Well, what we've seen is because of the headline inflation, We had real wage increases every month under President Trump, except for April. But because of the spike in energy prices, April wiped out a lot of that. So, you know, when the energy comes back down, then I think we will be back to real wage growth. (03:58–04:10)

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Asserts that real wages increased every month under President Trump, except for April.

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