Scott Bessent

We, President Trump, over the weekend launched a very aggressive strike on, missile strike on the Houthi assets. Well, underneath that, we'd already been working for several weeks on their bank accounts.

We, President Trump, over the weekend launched a very aggressive strike on, missile strike on the Houthi assets. Well, underneath that, we'd already been working for several weeks on their bank accounts.

Or anyone who is adjacent to them. The Iranians supply the Houthis with their ecosystem... Previous to my getting here, Treasury had disrupted the ecosystem so much that the Iranians used to hand them cash. Now they're just handing them here, take this oil tanker and try to sell it. So there is the ability to break that down.

Or anyone who is adjacent to them. The Iranians supply the Houthis with their ecosystem... Previous to my getting here, Treasury had disrupted the ecosystem so much that the Iranians used to hand them cash. Now they're just handing them here, take this oil tanker and try to sell it. So there is the ability to break that down.

Well, there have been several, but a good example, my family was actually there. Because after the inauguration, I asked President Trump, may I bring my family in, say hello, get a photo. And we're sitting in the Oval, so it's myself, my 11-year-old daughter, my spouse. 15-year-old son, and President Trump's having a great conversation with him.

Well, there have been several, but a good example, my family was actually there. Because after the inauguration, I asked President Trump, may I bring my family in, say hello, get a photo. And we're sitting in the Oval, so it's myself, my 11-year-old daughter, my spouse. 15-year-old son, and President Trump's having a great conversation with him.

And then he said, oh, Scott, while you're here, let me call in these other two people, and we need to discuss this. So they actually got to see government being done live. So there's that. I have to say, I think the moment with... President Trump, Vice President Vance, President Zelensky was kind of a once-in-a-lifetime thing in the Oval Office. I hope it's once-in-a-lifetime.

And then he said, oh, Scott, while you're here, let me call in these other two people, and we need to discuss this. So they actually got to see government being done live. So there's that. I have to say, I think the moment with... President Trump, Vice President Vance, President Zelensky was kind of a once-in-a-lifetime thing in the Oval Office. I hope it's once-in-a-lifetime.

But I was sitting there, kind of in the front row of history, Vice President, Secretary Rubio, myself on the sofa, and watching President Zelensky do what I thought was the biggest diplomatic own goal in history.

But I was sitting there, kind of in the front row of history, Vice President, Secretary Rubio, myself on the sofa, and watching President Zelensky do what I thought was the biggest diplomatic own goal in history.

High decibel, yes. Yeah. But kind of my job for 35 years was to be outside the room trying to put my ear to the door, maybe lift myself over the transom, figure out what the leaders needed to do, were going to do, and then how it would affect the markets. And now it's,

High decibel, yes. Yeah. But kind of my job for 35 years was to be outside the room trying to put my ear to the door, maybe lift myself over the transom, figure out what the leaders needed to do, were going to do, and then how it would affect the markets. And now it's,

fantastic and amazing and stimulating and a little scary being the person in the room yeah who has to what should we do what can we do how's it going to affect the markets how's it going to affect the real economy that what what's it going to do to working people in america so how do we fix affordability uh we're just going to have to go through and where where's the problem what's the solution

fantastic and amazing and stimulating and a little scary being the person in the room yeah who has to what should we do what can we do how's it going to affect the markets how's it going to affect the real economy that what what's it going to do to working people in america so how do we fix affordability uh we're just going to have to go through and where where's the problem what's the solution

in terms of like, are the insurance markets broken? What can we do? There's been no, and I've been involved in the house building business. There's been no technological change in house building in 50 years, maybe 60. Some of the building codes go all the way back to the Chicago fire. So what can we do that, the way we categorize housing, it's stick built or modular.

in terms of like, are the insurance markets broken? What can we do? There's been no, and I've been involved in the house building business. There's been no technological change in house building in 50 years, maybe 60. Some of the building codes go all the way back to the Chicago fire. So what can we do that, the way we categorize housing, it's stick built or modular.

there something in the middle prefab because the more that comes out of a factory the more that it's standardized that neighborhoods from dc from dc to bethesda to potomac to like you could be in contiguous neighborhoods and if they're different municipalities they'd all have different building codes not zoning building And why is that? They're adjacent. Why do the houses have to be?

there something in the middle prefab because the more that comes out of a factory the more that it's standardized that neighborhoods from dc from dc to bethesda to potomac to like you could be in contiguous neighborhoods and if they're different municipalities they'd all have different building codes not zoning building And why is that? They're adjacent. Why do the houses have to be?

So is there some kind of window guidance that the federal government can give in terms of the more that comes out of the factory, the cheaper it will be, the faster we can make it, things like that?

So is there some kind of window guidance that the federal government can give in terms of the more that comes out of the factory, the cheaper it will be, the faster we can make it, things like that?