If the Trump tax cuts get extended or made permanent, I think there have to be pay-fors. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Democrats have dropped the term 'Bidenomics' as swiftly as they dropped the man. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
President Trump's record of tax reform and deregulation powered the American economy to the fastest real wage increases in a generation. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Academic economists have consistently discredited themselves by wrongly warning against the policies of President Trump. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Trump does like to pick fights, but it is a mistake to think he is transactional on China. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
I was the only one in the dorm who was heartbroken when George Wallace decided not to run for president. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
It is a powerful signal when a politician's home state does not back him or her in a national contest. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
I was all-in for President Trump. I was one of the few Wall Street people backing him. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
I mean, think about the coalition that Donald Trump assembled. This was the greatest political comeback in history, greatest political comeback in… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
While we don't think the Fed is an explicitly political institution, we think nearly all of Washington, D.C. is united in wanting… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
If Vice President Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. had won his home state of Tennessee on November 7, 2000, he would have become… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Americans' dissatisfaction with Bidenomics comes not from social media or bad press coverage, but from their lived experience of rising standards of… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
One of the biggest misapprehensions about Donald Trump is that he's going to be profligate. He said to me, 'Scott, what are… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Everyone asks me, what do you tell President Trump he should do? I don't have to tell Donald Trump he should do… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
I think what's different about Trump is he's a businessman - and he understands economics. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
If Vice President Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. had won his home state of Tennessee on November 7, 2000, he would have become president of… — Scott Bessent Copy Share
Our firm: We study history. We think about the future. We try to analyze what's going on in the present. — Scott Bessent Copy Share
Tariffs can't be inflationary because if the price of one thing goes up, unless you give people more money, then they have less money… — Scott Bessent Copy Share
President Trump's first-term tariffs did not raise the prices of the affected goods, despite predictions back then that the tariffs would prove inflationary. Indeed,… — Scott Bessent Copy Share
We are stretching our nation's finances and creditworthiness so thin that we may find ourselves unable to afford to defend our interests around the… — Scott Bessent Copy Share
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has distorted Treasury markets by borrowing more than $1 trillion in more-expensive shorter-term debt compared with historical norms. Terming out… — Scott Bessent Copy Share
The original sin of Bidenomics was the American Rescue Plan, which became law in March 2021. — Scott Bessent Copy Share
Used strategically, tariffs can increase revenue to the Treasury, encourage businesses to restore production and reduce our reliance on industrial production from strategic rivals. — Scott Bessent Copy Share
Academic economists have consistently discredited themselves by wrongly warning against the policies of President Trump. — Scott Bessent Copy Share
Allowing the private sector rather than the government to allocate capital is crucial to growth. — Scott Bessent Copy Share
Despite its many flaws, abandoning the international trading system would be a major economic and strategic mistake. Instead, the United States must adopt policies… — Scott Bessent Copy Share
Trump does like to pick fights, but it is a mistake to think he is transactional on China. — Scott Bessent Copy Share
The Federal Reserve was forced to raise rates at a record pace after the demand shock created by Biden's multi-trillion-dollar spending packages were launched… — Scott Bessent Copy Share
