Sec. Bessent to Sen. Warren: Pres. Trump Joked About Suing the New Fed Chair If He Doesn’t Cut Interest Rates, ‘He Made a Joke About You Too’

EXCERPT:

WARREN: “Can you commit right here and now that Trump's Fed nominee Kevin Warsh will not be sued, will not be investigated by the Department of Justice if he doesn't cut interest rates exactly the way that Donald Trump wants?”
BESSENT: “I -- I -- that that is up to the president. Can you commit that you will not hold up --”
WARREN: “I'm sorry, you can't say that he won't be sued if he doesn't drop interest rates?”
BESSENT: “Can you --”
WARREN: “And he won't be criminally investigated?”
BESSENT: “The -- the -- the -- the president also made a joke about you that I won't repeat Senator Warren." [crosstalk]
WARREN: “That was supposed to be the soft ball. That was the easy one.”
BESSENT: “Oh, actually I will. He said he had reservations.”
WARREN: “You know, if this was a joke why not just say so. You can't commit?”
BESSENT: “It was a joke. And he made a joke about you too, Senator Warren.”
WARREN: “Yes, he did.”
BESSENT: “Got -- got a lot of laughs.”
WARREN: “Yeah.”
BESSENT: “Got a lot of laughs.”
WARREN: “Yeah.”