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Scott Bessent: “We're taking in substantial tariff income...over the 10 year…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:43

Well, Joe, as I've said over the past few weeks, tds, which used to mean Trump derangement syndrome, has turned into tariff derangement syndrome. And we, this same group was pulling for the economy to slow for inflation to pop … We're taking in substantial tariff income...over the 10 year window, that's $2.8 trillion based on the current deals. … be slightly higher than that. So again, I don't like cbo scoring, but $2.83 trillion over the 10 year window substantially eases the deficit. Mr. Secretary, you are an incredibly busy man. (06:43–07:03)

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Asserts that tariff income is projected to be $2.8 trillion over ten years based on current deals.

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