Staff Reports
Scott Bessent’s own account of how he tipped toward a Trump victory should put the smug media class to shame: he saw a market anomaly that told him the betting and analytic consensus was wrong and put real money behind his conviction. Rather than bow to the punditocracy, he followed the signals investors were sending — and those signals turned out to be right.
That prescience is exactly why President Trump tapped Bessent for Treasury secretary, choosing a Wall Street veteran who actually understands markets and risk instead of another career politician. The choice sent a clear message that this administration values competence and real-world financial experience over partisan credentialism.
Bessent has explained that what he saw was more than wishful thinking — the market’s response to Trump’s prospects reflected expectations of higher growth, lower volatility, and a revived private sector. When investors price in better growth prospects, hardworking Americans feel it in job opportunities and wages, not in pundit blogs.
Now that he’s in place, Bessent has been vocal about the policy path that made him confident: making tax cuts permanent, cutting red tape, and pushing an America-first industrial agenda to restore manufacturing and energy independence. Those are not woke talking points; they are pro-growth tools that put money back where it belongs — in the pockets of families and small businesses.
He’s also been plainspoken in Washington terms: America’s problem is runaway spending, not insufficient taxes, and that reality is finally being acknowledged at the highest levels. That honesty matters because any real recovery requires dealing with fiscal rot, and Bessent has repeatedly said the country needs to get spending under control while unleashing private-sector dynamism.
It’s worth noting the contrast between this pragmatic financial reasoning and the hand-wringing of the coastal elites who spent the campaign insisting a Trump win was impossible. Patriots who work for a living watched the economy, saw the promise of unleashing growth, and voted accordingly — Bessent simply listened where the elites refused to look.
If you care about affordability and a functioning economy, Bessent’s presence in Treasury should be reassuring: he speaks the language of markets and Main Street, and he’s pledged to steward the Treasury market and the broader economy toward stability and opportunity. That kind of competence, blended with a Trump agenda that puts America first, is exactly what hardworking families elected to restore.
