Scott Bessent

Trump Promises $2,000 'Tariff Dividend' Payments Despite Insufficient Revenue and Treasury Secretary Skepticism

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President Trump announced on Truth Social that a $2,000 “tariff dividend” would be paid to Americans excluding “high income people,” promising that remaining funds after these payments would be used to “substantially pay down national debt.” The announcement …

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Bessent Announces $20B Argentina Bailout for Trump Ally Milei, Enriching Connected Billionaire

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a $20 billion rescue package for Argentina’s president Javier Milei, including currency swap agreements, direct peso purchases (only the fourth time since 1996 the U.S. bought another country’s currency), and Treasury bond purchases. The bailout …

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Treasury Department Refuses to Release $1.5 Billion in Epstein Financial Records

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Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to release Epstein-related banking records covering at least $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions between 2003 and 2019. The Treasury files include suspicious activity reports detailing over 4,700 wire …

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