Gay Treasury Secretary Bessent testified at a Senate hearing today, exuding smugness and using evasive, dishonest responses to defend the Trump administration’s corrupt policies.
The contentious hearing in front of the Senate’s Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee was ostensibly to discuss Bessent’s oversight of the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s annual report, which assesses U.S. financial stability, emerging threats, and regulatory developments. However, many of the questions focused on how Trump’s policies have harmed everyday American taxpayers.
During an early exchange, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) noted that the cost of groceries has risen over the last year, and added, “It’s not just groceries. The numbers from Trump’s own economic agency show that Americans are paying more for utility bills, more for health care, more for housing construction.”
When asked why Trump refers to complaints about affordability as a “hoax,” Bessent claimed it’s because rising prices are actually caused by the previous presidential administration.
WARREN: Last week, Trump said 'we have the groceries going down.' Did grocery prices drop in 2025?BESSENT: Numerous prices haveWARREN: Did grocery prices drop in 2025?BESSENT: Numerous grocery prices have gone downWARREN: I'm sorry. I don't know if you can't hear me?
In another exchange, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), who has served in the U.S. Congress since 1991, told Bessent, “Being the senior person here, your behavior to some of my colleagues is absolutely childish.”
Bessent sarcastically replied, “Thank you, senator. Good to see you.”
JACK REED: Being the senior person here, your behavior to some of my colleagues is absolutely childishBESSENT (with a shit-eating grin on his face): Thank you senator. Good to see you.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) noted that Bessent had implied that Minnesota Veterans’ Affairs ICU nurse Alex Pretti was culpable for his own killing at the hands of federal immigration officers because he had a gun that he was licensed to carry. “Would you like to retract that statement?” Van Hollen asked Bessent.
Bessent replied by asking Van Hollen if he wanted to express remorse over the killing of Ashli Babbitt, a MAGA rioter who was shot dead by a U.S. Capitol police officer while she tried to forcibly enter a congressional chamber while rioting with other violent MAGA supporters during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots.
VAN HOLLEN: You suggested Alex Pretti was culpable for his own killing because he had a gun he was licensed to carry. Would you like to retract that statement?BESSENT: I would not. Would you like to express remorse over the death of Ashli Babbitt here in the Capitol?
When Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) asked Bessent about the massive losses the U.S. tourism industry is experiencing because Trump’s immigration and visa policies have discouraged international travelers from visiting, Bessent asked Masto whether more Americans were visiting Las Vegas.
Masto said she wasn’t talking about domestic travel by Americans, adding, “[International tourism in the U.S. is] a trillion-dollar industry and you don’t seem to think it’s important.”
CORTEZ MASTO: How do intend to address the tourism issue, that we are losing money in this country bc of the administration's policies?BESSENT: Is overall the occupancy in Vegas down, or are more Americans going?CM: It's a trillion dollar industry and you don't seem to think it's important
At another point, when Sen. Tina Smith (D-NM) asked Bessent about financial distress being experienced by domestic farmers, Bessent repeated his oft-mocked claim that, until very recently, he himself was a farmer and therefore understands agricultural economic issues.
lmao Scott Bessent is still doing his soybean farmer gimmick
Sen. Ralph Warnock (D-GA) noted that 72,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost during the start of Trump’s presidency, largely the result of Trump’s tariffs. Bessent replied by proclaiming that the U.S. is experiencing “the beginnings of a manufacturing boom.”
WARNOCK: Trump said 'we're going to have a manufacturing boom.' Yes or no, have we had one?BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions — factory groundbreakings WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) asked Bessent why Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is involved in the federal government’s international talks with Russia despite having no official government position (which would require Kushner to undergo the same financial disclosures as every other government official to ensure no conflicts of interest). Bessent didn’t seem to consider that Kushner might have such conflicts.
KIM: We see the Trump family getting involved in different roles even though they don't have official positionsBESSENT: Why is Jared Kushner conflicted in the Russia talks?KIM: If he wants to participate, he should go by the same financial disclosures as every other government official
Sen. Kim also noted that Trump pardoned cryptocurrency businessman Changpeng Zhao after Zhao gave billions to Trump’s business. When asked whether that was a conflict of interest, Bessent claimed he was unfamiliar with the details.
KIM: When Binance founder Zhao pleaded guilty to violating money laundering laws & was sent to prison, Binance injected billions into Trump's business & Zhao was pardoned. Is that a conflict?BESSENT: I'm unfamiliar with any of thatKIM: Is it a conflict?BESSENT: Again, I'm not going to respond
When Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) noted that Trump was suing the IRS for $10 billion for allegedly leaking his tax records, Bessent said that the money would come out of the U.S. Treasury. Gallego corrected him, noting that the money would actually come out of funds provided by U.S. taxpayers.
When Bessent implied that Trump was suing the IRS on behalf of 44,000 other Americans whose tax returns were also leaked, Gallego noted that those Americans aren’t suing the IRS — only Trump is.
GALLEGO: Let's say Trump wins that lawsuit. Where would that $10 billion come from?BESSENT: It would come from TreasuryGALLEGO: So, taxpayers?BESSENT: Yes. Part of the 44,000 whose returns were leakedGALLEGO: They're not suing
Bessent’s Senate hearing occurred one day after his contentious hearing in the House, during which Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) shouted at Bessent, “Stop covering for the president. Don’t be a flunky. Work for the American people. Work for the American people. Don’t be a coverup for a mob.”
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