'Totally baffling.' Bessent defends Trump tariffs, insists they are not inflationary
MSNBC·2025-12-04 05:11
It is time for money power politics. The president had hoped the Supreme Court would rule quickly on a case challenging his tariffs, but it has been nearly a month and so far nothing. But he is making sure his top economic adviserss continue to go out and publicly defend his policies from people who say they are hurting the economy. Today, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant went even further, explaining specifically why he changed his mind on tariffs after being publicly skeptical about them when he was a hed ...