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Bernardo de La Paz

(57,143 posts)

5. Bessant was blind-sided. tRump needed something to distract from the under-achieving bombing of Iran

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 03:39 PM

Jun 27

He fired off a series of posts, the Canada negotiations post included as well as celebrating the Supreme Court reduction of nationwide injunctions.

Bessent did not have an answer when asked about the post this afternoon. If he had been briefed he would have an answer. Instead he dodged, saying he was "in lunch".