United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States Secretary of the Treasury (2025–)
| Born | 1962-08-21 · Conway, South Carolina |
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| Party | Republican |
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| Education | Yale University (BA) |
Portrait: United States Department of the Treasury · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States and China should recognize their differences over artificial intelligence while exploring cooperation to reduce its risks and competing for AI supremacy.
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Reuters
Bessent said the United States and China should have no illusions as they both cooperate and compete on AI. During Xi’s September visit, Washington and Beijing agreed to start an AI dialogue and establish a communications channel to help defuse serious incidents.
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CNBC
The United States and China should recognize their differences on artificial intelligence while exploring cooperation to reduce the technology’s risks and competing for AI supremacy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds a press conference for a fraud task force in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
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Speaking at Ripple’s conference, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said crypto could help preserve the dollar’s leading position. He said SEC and CFTC action may fill the gap left by the Clarity Act’s failure while curbing crypto debanking.
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CoinDesk
Bessent cautioned Zelenskyy over allegations that the U.S. is slowing Starlink. The high-speed satellite internet service, provided by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is critical to Ukraine’s defense.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the Trump administration’s policies on Meet the Press after the president waived a sweeping Russia sanctions law and struck a diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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NBC News
In an exclusive Meet the Press interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent does not definitively say whether Ukraine is a U.S. ally. His remarks follow Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s claim that the U.S. government slowed Starlink, a critical satellite network Ukraine uses for defense.
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In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an “energy supply shock” caused by the war in Iran is straining the U.S. economy and predicted that prices will come down afterward.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out a lengthy set of demands for the World Bank aligned with the Trump administration’s interests. They include lifting its ban on financing upstream oil and gas projects, directing resources toward deep-sea critical-mineral mining and changing procurement policies.
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US stocks rebound ahead of Nvidia’s earnings, while software shares face a test. Stan Druckenmiller calls the Treasury’s bond purchases a mistake, and Scott Bessent’s Iran strategy risks putting Washington on a collision course with Beijing.
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Bloomberg TelevisionOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-25 17:24
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller, who mentored US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent early in his hedge-fund trading career, suggested that his former pupil is erring by entering the bond market. Bessent recently pledged to expand Treasury purchases of long-dated bonds, widely viewed as an effort to reduce yields in the world’s most important debt market.
BBloomberg TelevisionOriginal★★★☆☆2026-08-25 17:17
Bond-market interventions have produced only a modest drop in yields while drawing increasing ridicule. Stanley Druckenmiller is leading skeptics who believe Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond maneuvers will ultimately fail.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-25 17:15
Concern about the scale and cost of U.S. government spending has revived the debasement trade, bringing renewed attention to crypto and gold.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-25 15:16
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s warning of an “economic D-Day” against Iran could put the US on a collision course with China, its main trading partner. Bloomberg’s Jon Herskovitz examines how likely Washington is to take aggressive action against Beijing.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a sweeping U.S. economic offensive against Iran, dubbed an “economic D-Day,” aimed at cutting the global financial ties sustaining Tehran’s regime. The rial then fell to an all-time low of 2.02 million per dollar. Experts say combined economic and military pressure could fuel another uprising, though its timing cannot be predicted.
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Fox NewsOriginal★★★★☆2026-08-25 12:09
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s threat of an economic assault on Iran could put the US on a collision course with China, Tehran’s main trading partner. Global stocks rose as chipmakers rebounded and lower bond yields provided support after Brent crude fell below $90 a barrel. Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume said about half of the company’s additional job cuts will need to take place in Germany.
BBloomberg TelevisionOriginal★★★★☆2026-08-25 11:29
The item invokes the warning that governments defending prices against fundamentals always lose, framing it as a criticism of Bessent.
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Financial TimesOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-08-25 09:17
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s threat to launch an “economic D-Day” against Iran risks putting the United States on a collision course with China, its main trading partner.
BBloomberg TelevisionOriginal★★★★☆2026-08-25 07:15
Bessent’s proposed “D-Day” measures are viewed as more about signaling than taking concrete action.
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