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Bessent becomes top salesman for Trump’s economic nationalism

The treasury secretary is explaining Trump’s economic agenda to skeptical investors, business leaders, and conservatives raised on free-market orthodoxy.

Bessent then laid out what he described as decades of economic mistakes from both parties.
“We told ourselves that so long as goods were cheaper overseas, it did not matter whether factories went dark in Michigan, Ohio, or Pennsylvania,” he said. “We… [5544 chars]

Source: Washington Examiner | Published: 2026-06-04T10:00:00Z

Credit: Washington Examiner

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