Scott Bessent’s Interview Got Weirder by the Minute
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Catherine Rampell and Sam Stein discuss Scott Bessent’s strange interview, from his “I am the house” bravado and boasts about Melania’s friends to his temper and possible political ambitions. They also react to Trump’s latest pitch for $5,000 checks and his remarkable claim that he knows more about basically everything than anyone.Then Jasper Hill Farm’s Mateo Kehler joins to explains how Trump’s trade war with Canada wiped out the cheese company’s fastest-growing export market and why policies sold as a lifeline…
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