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While negotiating the so-called "[[rare earths]]" [[trade]] deal with [[Ukrainian]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Yuliia Svyrydenko]] in February 2025, Bessent yelled at Svyrydenko saying, "You have six minutes to accept the [[American]] terms of the deal, or the [[negotiation]]s would be over", according to ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>https://archive.is/TqTsj#selection-683.0-683.17</ref>

While negotiating the so-called "[[rare earths]]" [[trade]] deal with [[Ukrainian]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Yuliia Svyrydenko]] in February 2025, Bessent yelled at Svyrydenko saying, "You have six minutes to accept the [[American]] terms of the deal, or the [[negotiation]]s would be over", according to ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>https://archive.is/TqTsj#selection-683.0-683.17</ref>

[[Prof. Jeffrey Sachs]], curator of the "Happiness Index" which claims [[American]]s are more "happy" than [[Russian]]s<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/Essay:_According_to_Prof._Jeffrey_Sachs_%22Happiness_Index%22_the_citizens_of_the_United_States_are_happier_than_the_citizens_of_Russia_and_China._USA!_USA!_USA!</ref> which has anti-[[LGBT]] [[propaganda]] [[law]]s said of Bessent:

[[Prof. Jeffrey Sachs]], curator of the "Happiness Index" which claims [[American]]s are more "happy" than [[Russian]]s<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/Essay:_According_to_Prof._Jeffrey_Sachs_%22Happiness_Index%22_the_citizens_of_the_United_States_are_happier_than_the_citizens_of_Russia_and_China._USA!_USA!_USA!</ref> which has [[anti-LGBT propaganda]] [[law]]s said of Bessent:

{{Cquote|Sachs: I’ve never seen anything like this [[Treasury Secretary]] during my career. He has the least interest in the [[US]] [[economy]] of any Treasury Secretary, I think, in our modern [[history]]. He’s basically there as an enforcer of attacks on other countries. You know, he was put in because he was an associate [of Soros and] was part of the attack on the British pound. He speaks like a gangster, like a thug. ‘We’re going to destroy your economy. We’re going to bring down your [[currency]].’ He calls that economic [[statecraft]]. But his knowledge, awareness, and concern about the US economy itself is basically zero.

{{Cquote|Sachs: I’ve never seen anything like this [[Treasury Secretary]] during my career. He has the least interest in the [[US]] [[economy]] of any Treasury Secretary, I think, in our modern [[history]]. He’s basically there as an enforcer of attacks on other countries. You know, he was put in because he was an associate [of Soros and] was part of the attack on the British pound. He speaks like a gangster, like a thug. ‘We’re going to destroy your economy. We’re going to bring down your [[currency]].’ He calls that economic [[statecraft]]. But his knowledge, awareness, and concern about the US economy itself is basically zero.