Scott Bessent Claims He Feels Soybean Farmers’ Pain. He’s Worth $500 Million
Confronted with this fact by host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s This Week, Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — a former hedge fund manager who boasts a net worth of more than $500 million and who rents $25 million in farmland out to soybean farmers — tried to paint himself as the common farmer who understands American farmers’ “pain.
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Stocks get a lift after Bessent proposes a longer truce on high tariffs against China
All three major stock indexes were advancing in Wednesday morning trading as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discussed the possibility of a longer pause on high tariffs against China. He pointed to the possibility of a longer pause in exchange for China's ...
A ‘soybean farmer’ himself, Treasury Sec. Bessent said he’s feeling ‘pain’ from China, too
Hundreds of thousands of American soybean farmers are suffering from China’s monthslong effective embargo. Among them: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent Lashes Out at Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar: "You Are Failures"
Ranking Member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, sent a letter last week to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, asking him to reconsider President Donald Trump‘s tariff policies and the $40 billion foreign bailout for Argentina.
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Democrats question IRS CEO also leading Social Security
Senators Ron Wyden, Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren want to know how Frank Bisignano can simultaneously run the IRS and the Social Security Administration.
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