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Bessent reveals U.S. government is taking equity stakes in strategic industries
“If you look at the industries where we are taking stakes and moving forward, we've identified five to eight strategic industries where the U S we have to have endogenous production, or at least adjacent to us in North America or this hemisphere.”
Bessent: Treasury brought in Hunter Biden whistleblowers to reform IRS audits
“We had a big announcement on Tuesday, and we brought in the two Hunter Biden whistleblowers, who, they have a lot to say about who gets audited, who doesn't. They're gonna be sitting in this building, working on IRS matters, and understanding exactly how these…”
Bessent: 100% support for Federal Reserve autonomy in monetary policy
“I a hundred percent support the Fed's autonomy in monetary policy.”
Bessent states the US government will not revalue its gold reserves
“I can say today, we're not revaluing the gold.”
Bessent considers federal backstop for California insurance tied to safety mandates
“So is there something we could do where you put another layer of private money in there, and then the federal government is the fifth risk. Traunch. But if the federal government comes in, can we mandate down here proper hygiene?”
Bessent: Trump administration to announce affordability czar in about 10 days
“So we're actually we should probably be announcing it in about 10 days. We're going to have an affordability czar. But it's going to be someone with a lot of experience in supply chains figuring out what are a lot of the quick fixes we can do.”