'Embarrassing': Trump's Treasury Secretary Gets Brutal Math Lesson at Hearing

Watch Elizabeth Warren grill the hell out of snobby treasury secretary

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, and—much like his embarrassing testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee the day before—it was rough. “Why is the national debt so very important that...

‘Isn’t this embarrassing?’ Team Trump gets a brutal reminder about the weak economy

Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent want Americans to believe the latest data on jobs and the economy look great. I wish that were true. It's not.

'Embarrassing': Trump's Treasury secretary gets brutal math lesson at hearing

President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, had to get corrected multiple times on his fuzzy math about the economy during a heated hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.The hearing was at many points a mess, with Bessent, a former hedge fund manager, admitti...

Trump’s Treasury secretary gets brutal math lesson at hearing - The Zambian Observer

President Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, had to get corrected multiple times on his fuzzy math about the economy during a heated hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. The hearing was at many points a mess, with Bessent, a former hedge fund manager, admitting Trump would “likely” cave on tariff […] The post Trump’s Treasury secretary gets brutal math lesson at hearing first appeared on The Zambian Obse…

Moore questions Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at House Ways and Means committee hearing - Utah Policy

Today, Congressman Blake Moore questioned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing. His line of questioning included how the federal government can better address IRS inefficiencies, inaccurate reporting regarding the One Big, Beautiful Bill’s deficit neutrality, and economic growth expectations. The post Moore questions Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at House Ways and Means committee hearing appeared first…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blames Democrats for this year's oversized deficit

Scott Bessent, the current US Treasury Secretary, told Congress on Wednesday that this year’s ballooning deficit is the direct result of Democratic overspending, not Republican tax cuts. Speaking at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, Scott said the deficit for the 2025 fiscal year is expected to fall somewhere between 6.5% and 6.7% of GDP—the third straight year the figure has sat above 6%. “What we are seeing here is a blowout in the spe…