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Scott Bessent: “With the Trump accounts, any child born during President…”

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

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Trump deal with Iran, gas prices, economics & more addressed during Scott Bessent, Larry Kudlow chat

Published | Video Starts at 16:38

They don't participate in the innovation, the dynamic US Economy. Great management, many the managements who I see here today and for them it is just a form foreign concept. So With the Trump accounts, any child born during President Trump's term, they get a thousand dollar seed investment from treasury. for these and they're going to go into low cost index funds and they will be able to see every day on their phone what the account's doing. (16:38–16:49)

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Asserts that children born during Trump's term receive a $1,000 investment in Trump accounts.

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