Bessent: "Any concern on Director Hassett is absurd."

What do you make of the criticisms that you are too close to the president to be independent enough to be considered the next Fed chair. >> Well, well, it's true that I'm close to the president, we've worked together closely since 2017. I think that the idea that uh being close to the president and serving uh the president well uh disqualifies someone for any job.It just doesn't make any sense to me. The job of the Federal Reserve chair is to run the Federal Reserve independently. Uh it's also the job of th ...