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Puppyjive

(950 posts)
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 03:03 PM Jan 18

The treasure secretary needs to stay in his lane.

Is it just me, or does anyone on here think the treasury secretary is overstepping his reach? He is on the Sunday talks shows and he is talking about taking over Greenland and why. He shows no proof of the why. I don't think this is in his arena and he should not be out on a platform discussing possible war and the break up of NATO. He should, on the other hand, be showing us how good the tarrifs really are, but we all know they hurt all Americans. Any thoughts?

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The treasure secretary needs to stay in his lane. (Original Post) Puppyjive Jan 18 OP
The guy is a full-blown Trump fascist. dalton99a Jan 18 #1
Smarmy. n/t Totally Tunsie Jan 18 #5
He's a pompous jerk. A real blowhard. C_U_L8R Jan 18 #2
Usually the heads of Treasury, DOJ, and FBI make few public appearances underpants Jan 18 #3
Bessent has done that on other occasions duckworth969 Jan 18 #4
Bessent is suppose to be the market whisperer Johonny Jan 18 #6
Bessant is an ass kissing freakshow flamingdem Jan 18 #7

underpants

(195,571 posts)
3. Usually the heads of Treasury, DOJ, and FBI make few public appearances
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 03:26 PM
Jan 18

Yellen and even Mnuchin were not regulars on TV so when they did it was newsworthy and parsed apart almost like Fed notes. AG’s and FBI chiefs are literally constantly in investigations so there’s not much a public appearance is worth other than announcing new investigations.

Kash seems to be laying low especially since Bongino bailed.

duckworth969

(1,299 posts)
4. Bessent has done that on other occasions
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 11:04 PM
Jan 18

My guess is Chump demands his cabinet get out there and defend his stupidity as proof of their loyalty to him.

Johonny

(25,752 posts)
6. Bessent is suppose to be the market whisperer
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 11:30 PM
Jan 18

He goes out to try and calm the market. Only, he is extremely bad at this job. But the markets have defied Trump all year.

Taco trading will continue until he proves otherwise.

flamingdem

(40,831 posts)
7. Bessant is an ass kissing freakshow
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 11:31 PM
Jan 18

He should know better. In fact his colleagues from Yale signed a statement to that effect.

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