Scott Bessent
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It's a gigawatt.
It would be $25 billion of capital.
But we're stuck in this weird situation where onshoring the NatGas turbines are extremely difficult.
Then, you know, you see certain people will just buy the nat gas entire plants and then ship them over.
So how do we solve the supply chain constraints to generating the energy we need?
But it's an incredible deal structure.
How do you get to that?
Right.
Can I go back to the above the line, below the line?
Love that saying, by the way.
How do you think about the, and you talked about the chips, how do you think about these export controls to various countries and various regions?
What's your risk calculus about where those things should be?
90% carry.
Yeah, I mean, how do we get 90% carry?
I love it.
Yum, yum.
Well, Tucker, thank you for having me. And as you said, the president's been talking about this for four decades. Yes. And this is transformational for the American economy, for the American worker and for the new Republican alignment. And it's a combination of the old and new ideas. Some of the old ideas were put away. You know, I always tell everyone and they don't want to hear it.
Well, Tucker, thank you for having me. And as you said, the president's been talking about this for four decades. Yes. And this is transformational for the American economy, for the American worker and for the new Republican alignment. And it's a combination of the old and new ideas. Some of the old ideas were put away. You know, I always tell everyone and they don't want to hear it.
Well, Tucker, thank you for having me. And as you said, the president's been talking about this for four decades. Yes. And this is transformational for the American economy, for the American worker and for the new Republican alignment. And it's a combination of the old and new ideas. Some of the old ideas were put away. You know, I always tell everyone and they don't want to hear it.
The original tariff man was Alexander Hamilton. And he used tariffs to fund the new nation and to protect American industry. President Trump has added a third leg to the stool, and he uses tariffs to negotiate. But I think this is not unlike โ I was a freshman in college when Ronald Reagan came in in 1980, and a new day in America. And โ