Scott Bessent Slams WaPo’s Article About the Trump $250 Bill: ‘Terribly Written, Terribly Edited’

‘I really didn’t understand what the story was’

EXCERPT:

COLLINS: “Do you think politically it’s a good idea to put his face on a $250 bill when people are struggling to afford gas and groceries?”

BESSENT: “Again, you know, I don’t really understand this Washington Post article that — who here is from the Post? Yeah, terribly written, terribly edited. Basically, what it says is that Treasury is following the law and that we’ve created the bill. And that it’s up to Congress, but that we follow the bill and it’s up to — I didn’t really understand what the story was.”

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