At a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke about the actions taken during President Trump’s first 100 days in office.
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00:00Sir, it's been a momentous 100 days with you at the helm and I view this 100 days as setting the table for peace deals, trade deals, tax deals.
00:12So the next 100 days will be harvesting. You've created negotiating leverage and leadership. They're going to yield remarkable results.
00:21Energy costs have plummeted, mortgage rates are down, food costs are moving lower, and American families are finding their financial footing again.
00:30I had a group in today. We, America, under your leadership, is on the verge of becoming an AI superpower that our economy had become barbelled.
00:40We had high tech and finance on one side, natural resources led by energy, which the previous administration tried to kill on the other.
00:48And you're filling in between the with precision manufacturing that we're going to be bringing back through good trade policies, good tax policies.
00:58Under the Doge at Treasury and the IRS, cost, tech support, and efficiency have increased.
01:09We have the IRS revenues are up.
01:13And thanks to the young man sent over by Doge, the IT update that began in 1990, which is, which has begun before he was born, is going to be finished during your term.
01:29So trade, you couldn't make it up. Trade, taxes, and deregulation. The one big, beautiful bill under your leadership, Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune have done a great job, but they had you as the closer on many of their members.
01:48And I'll just close by saying economic security is national security. National security is economic security. And it's never been better. We're rebuilding it.
01:59And as I said last week at the IMF and World Bank conferences, America first does not mean America alone. Under President Trump, it means leadership.
02:10Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Are you busy enough?
02:14Sorry.
02:16He's doing a great job. Thank you very much.