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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Will Have 'Nothing Left To Trade' in Two Weeks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/09/27/bessent_iran_will_have_nothing_left_to_trade_within_two_weeks.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pundit-Driven K-Shaped Economy Narrative Does Not Hold Up]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2085367497037951174</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A familiar act of mainstream media sophistry: work backward from a partisan verdict and then call the result analysis.The truth is wages are up for Americans across the distribution, but importantly earnings growth for Main Street workers at the 25th earnings percentile was]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hamilton Inspires Trump's Economic Statecraft]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/scott-bessent-hamilton-inspires-trumps-economic-statecraft-4a2786dd?st=P1ohgi</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every nation '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'ought to endeavor to possess within itself all the essentials of national supply.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Digital Asset Rules Need Clarity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/digital-assets-rules-need-clarity-6dfcab70?st=SWcknh</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[U.S. financial regulation sets the standard for the world. Congress needs to act to keep it that way.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Are Using the Iranians' Own Oil Against Them]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/03/22/bessent_we_are_jiu_jitsuing_the_iranians_we_are_using_their_own_oil_against_them.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that the temporary lifting of sanctions on Iranian oil is a political "jiu-jitsu" move against the Islamic Republic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Regime Is in Chaos, It's Hitler's Bunker]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/03/22/bessent_the_iran_regime_is_in_chaos_its_hitlers_bunker--hitler_is_dead_himmler_is_dead_goering_is_dead.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA["The command and control system of the Iranian regime is in chaos. This is Hitler's bunker. Hitler's dead. Himmler's dead. G'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¶').';'ring is dead. Most of what you're seeing are lone wolf activities. The mid-range ICBM that was shot off, these two missiles yesterday, that's out of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Stop Fraud in Minnesota--and Across the Country]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sec-scott-bessent-how-stop-fraud-minnesota-and-across-country</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Treasury Department launches investigation into Minnesota fraud rings allegedly sending taxpayer funds overseas through money laundering schemes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Merit, Harris and Buttigieg Are Both Failures]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/24/gay_cabinet_secretary_slams_harris_for_snubbing_buttigieg_she_judged_him_on_his_identity.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent -- a gay man -- responded to Kamala Harris writing in her new book that she thought choosing Pete Buttigieg as a running mate would be "too risky," during an appearance this morning on FOX Business Network.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mission Creep at the Federal Reserve]]></title>
							<link>https://www.international-economy.com/TIE_Sp25_Bessent.pdf</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we saw during the covid pandemic, when lab-created experiments escape their confines, they can wreak havoc in thereal world.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fed's 'Gain of Function' Monetary Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-feds-gain-of-function-monetary-policy-ac0dc38a?st=gieXFK</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Can the Fed Set Rates When Jobs Data Is This Broken?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/07/treasury_secretary_bessent_bls_represents_lazy_mediocrity_were_settled_for_in_government.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA["The mistake that they made last week was a five to six standard deviation mistake," Bessent told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Thursday. "There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s something wrong here. Because on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve voted not to cut rates. On Friday, the BLS had this massive downward...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Review of the Fed's Building Renovations Is Needed]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/1947419064625688967</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today in a CNBC interview, I called for a review of the Federal Reserve. It is my belief that the central bank should conduct an exhaustive internal review of its non-monetary policy operations. Significant mission creep and institutional growth have taken the Fed into areas that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;Big, Beautiful Bill&rsquo; Will Unleash Parallel Prosperity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/president-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-unleash-parallel-prosperity</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kicking off America's 250th birthday celebration, President Donald Trump's]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Three Steps to Economic Growth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-three-steps-to-economic-growth-tariffs-trade-tax-cuts-deregulation-7804053a?st=hx9dZw</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His tariffs, tax cuts and deregulation efforts make up a coherent strategy to benefit Main Street.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DC Lobbyists Getting Skewered by Elon's DOGE]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/03/19/treasury_secretary_bessent_i_support_doge_its_the_american_peoples_cheese.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Economic Partnership Will Protect Ukraine and U.S.]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Bessent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's bold international leadership aligns interests and benefits all]]></description>
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