📢💼 Bessent Speaks: Tariffs, Deficits & Backing Trump’s Economic Playbook 🇺🇸📊
In an exclusive interview, US Treasury Secretary David Bessent sheds light on the high-stakes balancing act of steering America’s economy under an unpredictable president — and the gaze of anxious global markets.
🔍 Key Takeaways:
📈 Tariffs as a bargaining chip — Bessent insists they’re leverage, not an endgame.
💰 Deficit worries — acknowledges growing fiscal gaps, but says growth will “outpace the debt curve.”
🏛 Close Trump alignment — frames his role as translating Trump’s bold, sometimes impulsive instincts into policy investors can trust.
🌍 Global reassurance — emphasizes the U.S. is “open for business” despite the combative trade stance.
Bessent may be the steady hand keeping Trump’s economic ship on course — but one misstep could send ripples through markets worldwide.
