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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> with its [[anti-LGBT propaganda]] [[law]]s said of Bessent:

{{Cquote|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|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.

I can’t recall one [[intelligent]] statement that he has made about the US economy or the [[budget]]. [The US economy is] something outside of his domain. He is there as an enforcer of US [[economic sanctions|sanctions]] regimes against other countries. He’s there to attack other currencies, to attack the economy of [[Iran]], to attack the economy of [[Cuba]], to attack the economy of all these countries that [[Trump]] threatens every day. Not much comes of any of this anymore. People shrug off when Trump says, “We’re going to destroy your economy if you don’t listen to us,” as he said just today about countries that don’t follow the US line on Iran. It’s basically shrugged off. But these statements are so shrill, they’re unbelievable coming from anybody of any [[responsibility]] in any [[political]] system, much less the [[president of the United States]]. But this is what Bessent’s role seems to be. I’m sure I have missed statements but I cannot recall one intelligent comment--even one comment--about the US economy, about the budget, about the [[deficit]], about the [[debt]], about its trajectory, about US economic development [[strategy]]. Nothing. He’s just not a Treasury secretary in the normal sense.<ref>https://youtu.be/Xi9geicm3Iw</ref>}}

I can’t recall one [[intelligent]] statement that he has made about the US economy or the [[budget]]. [The US economy is] something outside of his domain. He is there as an enforcer of US [[economic sanctions|sanctions]] regimes against other countries. He’s there to attack other currencies, to attack the economy of [[Iran]], to attack the economy of [[Cuba]], to attack the economy of all these countries that [[Trump]] threatens every day. Not much comes of any of this anymore. People shrug off when Trump says, “We’re going to destroy your economy if you don’t listen to us,” as he said just today about countries that don’t follow the US line on Iran. It’s basically shrugged off. But these statements are so shrill, they’re unbelievable coming from anybody of any [[responsibility]] in any [[political]] system, much less the [[president of the United States]]. But this is what Bessent’s role seems to be. I’m sure I have missed statements but I cannot recall one intelligent comment--even one comment--about the US economy, about the budget, about the [[deficit]], about the [[debt]], about its trajectory, about US economic development [[strategy]]. Nothing. He’s just not a Treasury secretary in the normal sense.<ref>https://youtu.be/Xi9geicm3Iw</ref>}}