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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>}}

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==See also==

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