Scott Besant

You started the morning saying, be cool.

You started the morning saying, be cool.

You started the morning saying, be cool.

All this was, again, this was driven by the president's strategy. He and I had a long talk on Sunday, and this was his strategy all along. And you might even say that he goaded China into a bad position, they responded. They have shown themselves to the world to be the bad actors. And we are willing to cooperate with our allies and with our trading partners who did not retaliate.

All this was, again, this was driven by the president's strategy. He and I had a long talk on Sunday, and this was his strategy all along. And you might even say that he goaded China into a bad position, they responded. They have shown themselves to the world to be the bad actors. And we are willing to cooperate with our allies and with our trading partners who did not retaliate.

All this was, again, this was driven by the president's strategy. He and I had a long talk on Sunday, and this was his strategy all along. And you might even say that he goaded China into a bad position, they responded. They have shown themselves to the world to be the bad actors. And we are willing to cooperate with our allies and with our trading partners who did not retaliate.

It wasn't a hard message. Don't retaliate. Things will turn out well.

It wasn't a hard message. Don't retaliate. Things will turn out well.

It wasn't a hard message. Don't retaliate. Things will turn out well.

Mr. Secretary, the campaign's over. You won. So I'm asking what the plan is. So the Treasury secretary said on another network, we're going to hold the course. It's not the kind of thing you can negotiate away in days or weeks. That makes it sound like the tariffs are staying in place at least for days or weeks. Is that correct?

Mr. Secretary, the campaign's over. You won. So I'm asking what the plan is. So the Treasury secretary said on another network, we're going to hold the course. It's not the kind of thing you can negotiate away in days or weeks. That makes it sound like the tariffs are staying in place at least for days or weeks. Is that correct?

Mr. Secretary, the campaign's over. You won. So I'm asking what the plan is. So the Treasury secretary said on another network, we're going to hold the course. It's not the kind of thing you can negotiate away in days or weeks. That makes it sound like the tariffs are staying in place at least for days or weeks. Is that correct?

Or is the president considering postponing implementation to negotiate?

Or is the president considering postponing implementation to negotiate?

Or is the president considering postponing implementation to negotiate?

We don't have zero-zero, actually, because when we saw the president stand in the Rose Garden holding up that chart that you helped make, That wasn't actually tariffs. That was actually confusing to investors because it was some kind of other formula, and the countries themselves seemed kind of random.

We don't have zero-zero, actually, because when we saw the president stand in the Rose Garden holding up that chart that you helped make, That wasn't actually tariffs. That was actually confusing to investors because it was some kind of other formula, and the countries themselves seemed kind of random.

We don't have zero-zero, actually, because when we saw the president stand in the Rose Garden holding up that chart that you helped make, That wasn't actually tariffs. That was actually confusing to investors because it was some kind of other formula, and the countries themselves seemed kind of random.

Like, why are the herd in McDonald Islands, which don't export to the United States and are quite literally inhabited by penguins, why do they face a 10% tariffs? Did you use AI to generate this?

Like, why are the herd in McDonald Islands, which don't export to the United States and are quite literally inhabited by penguins, why do they face a 10% tariffs? Did you use AI to generate this?