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Swede

(39,515 posts) Wed Jan 28, 2026, 07:05 PM Jan 28

They really are this stupid- Scott Bessent warns Carney to stop 'virtue signalling' amid looming trade talks

These guys just don't get it. Bullying Canada is a losers game.

"In my investment career, I've seen what happens when a technocrat tries to pivot and become a politician. It never really works out well," he said.
Bessent's latest comments come on the heels of claiming that Carney walked back what he said in Davos during a phone call on Monday with Trump.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/us-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-mark-carney-9.7064976

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They really are this stupid- Scott Bessent warns Carney to stop 'virtue signalling' amid looming trade talks (Original Post) Swede Jan 28 OP

How did Bessent and Nutlick become billionaires? They seem to be the dumbest fucks in this administration. Probatim Jan 28 #1

Bessent Was Hedge Fund ProfessorGAC Jan 28 #3

Every time one of them opens his mouth, I almost have an aneurysm. Probatim Jan 28 #5

Bessent is worth about $500 million, and he only sounds dumb because he's absolutely lousy at lying. Brother Buzz Jan 28 #4

Strongly disagree Wiz Imp Jan 28 #8

Seriously??! yellow dahlia Jan 28 #6

Yes, unfortunately. Probatim Jan 28 #13

Virtue Signaling being "someone who's obviously a better person than me, so STOP making me look bad!!" Torchlight Jan 28 #2

Exactly. STOP BEING A GOOD SMART PERSON AND MAKING ME LOOK BAD. Irish_Dem Jan 28 #7

Anyone who uses the term "virtue signalling" is an asshole Prairie Gates Jan 28 #9

Is he looking at himself in the mirror? pwb Jan 28 #10

This administration needs to stop vice signaling. Qutzupalotl Jan 28 #11

"I've seen what happens when a technocrat tries to pivot and become a politician. It never really works out well" Emrys Jan 28 #12

Probatim

(3,286 posts)

1. How did Bessent and Nutlick become billionaires? They seem to be the dumbest fucks in this administration.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 07:07 PM

Jan 28

ProfessorGAC

(76,726 posts)

3. Bessent Was Hedge Fund

Reply to Probatim (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 07:22 PM

Jan 28

But, that was after he worked for.....wait for it..........
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George Soros!
Go figure.

Probatim

(3,286 posts)

5. Every time one of them opens his mouth, I almost have an aneurysm.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 07:27 PM

Jan 28

It amazes me someone trusted either of them enough to do any job at all.

The Soros bit is just icing on the cake.

Brother Buzz

(39,907 posts)

4. Bessent is worth about $500 million, and he only sounds dumb because he's absolutely lousy at lying.

Reply to Probatim (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 07:25 PM

Jan 28

Everything he says is totally cringe worthy; the dude is way over his skis

Wiz Imp

(10,018 posts)

8. Strongly disagree

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 07:43 PM

Jan 28

Bessent doesn't just sound dumb, he really is a total idiot.

yellow dahlia

(5,911 posts)

6. Seriously??!

Reply to Probatim (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 07:36 PM

Jan 28

Probatim

(3,286 posts)

13. Yes, unfortunately.

Reply to yellow dahlia (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 08:26 PM

Jan 28

When Nutlick commented that a 4.3% increase in GDP meant a 4.3% increase in all Americans' earnings, I woke up on the floor in a puddle of my own bodily fluids. My brain could not process the nuclear grade stupidity in that one sentence.