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TexasTowelie

(124,451 posts)
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 05:49 PM 23 hrs ago

Bessent says inflation 'has nothing to do with tariffs' as U.S. rolls them back: Full interview - NBC News



In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that inflation is “up because of the service economy” and has “nothing to do with tariffs,” despite the Trump administration’s decision to roll back tariffs on certain food products.

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Bessent is a liar.
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Bessent says inflation 'has nothing to do with tariffs' as U.S. rolls them back: Full interview - NBC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie 23 hrs ago OP
Bessent is a moron... GiqueCee 22 hrs ago #1
Is Scott Pissant trying to gaslight us or is he just galactically stupid? Or both? Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #2

GiqueCee

(3,082 posts)
1. Bessent is a moron...
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 05:57 PM
22 hrs ago

... AND a goddam liar. The room-temperature IQs with the intellectual capacity of a potted plant that voted for the Orange Anus might fall for this witless horse shit, but no one else is gonna buy it.

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