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Treasury secretary worth $500 million says he feels soybean farmers' pain
Scott Bessent wants you to know he feels your pain. The Treasury Secretary, worth $500 million, looked into the camera and told ABC's Martha Raddatz that he understands what soybean farmers are going through because he's a soybean farmer too.
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