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Scott Bessent: “We put the necessary ingredients policies into place and now…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:36

Sandra? John, good to be with you. And look, this is what we've been setting the table for for all of 2025. I've said that repeatedly. We put the necessary ingredients policies into place and now they're starting to pay off. And what's more impressive here is the number that you just gave is the total jobs. There were more than 170,000 private sector jobs and there were about, there was about a 40,000 decrease in government jobs. (00:36–00:43)

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Asserts that the administration's policies are responsible for recent economic improvements.

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