Comeback Quote by Scott Bessent

“I mean, think about the coalition that Donald Trump assembled. This was the greatest political comeback in history, greatest political comeback in history. And it was a combination of working class Americans and Elon Musk, the richest person in the world. Who else could do that but Donald Trump?”

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Our firm: We study history. We think about the future. We try to analyze what's going on in the present.

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The original sin of Bidenomics was the American Rescue Plan, which became law in March 2021.

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Used strategically, tariffs can increase revenue to the Treasury, encourage businesses to restore production and reduce our reliance on industrial production from strategic rivals.

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Academic economists have consistently discredited themselves by wrongly warning against the policies of President Trump.

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I grew up on a fishing village, a little river, South Carolina.

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Allowing the private sector rather than the government to allocate capital is crucial to growth.

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