Trump Treasury Secretary Crashes When Asked Easy Question on Tariffs

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stumbled and deflected erstwhile asked a simple, nonstop question astir tariffs astatine a legislature proceeding connected Tuesday.

“Who pays tariffs Mr. Secretary?” asked Representative Mark Pocan.

Bessent began to ramble connected indirectly, frustrating Pocan. “Who pays tariffs? Mr. Secretary, delight the question is precise simply who pays tariffs. Mr. Chairman, I’d similar him to reply that question, helium wants to reply different questions.”

Bessent replied shakily. “Well congressman, if the. Congressman, if the exporters, the uh, dislike tariffs truthful much, wherefore wouldn’t they. If, I deliberation what you’re trying to get maine to say—”

“Did you retrieve the question? I’m not definite you did,” Pocan said. “Who pays tariffs?”

‘It’s a precise analyzable question.”

“Reclaiming my time. People wage tariffs, right?”

“No, no, no,” Bessent muttered, portion Pocan reclaimed his time.

“You intelligibly aren’t gonna answer, I’m not gonna discarded my clip having you spell ‘uh uh uh uh.’”

The Trump medication is doing everything successful its powerfulness to gaslight Americans into reasoning that the tariffs volition beryllium positive, that we’ll conscionable person immoderate abbreviated word discomfort earlier everything is inexpensive and made successful America again. That couldn’t beryllium farther from the truth.