Scott Besson
Appearances
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
White House BTS, Google buys Wiz, Treasury vs Fed, Space Rescue
Absolutely.
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
White House BTS, Google buys Wiz, Treasury vs Fed, Space Rescue
Yeah, look, I thought that when rates were low, you're supposed to turn out rates. Exactly. And instead, the Treasury, for the past few years, has pulled rates in. And I think part of that was to keep rates lower. They changed the issuance schedule when rates moved back up towards 5%. I have maintained that policy.
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
White House BTS, Google buys Wiz, Treasury vs Fed, Space Rescue
But I'm maintaining it because, back to David's question, when are we going to see the results from getting the government spending under control? And I don't think the markets recognize it yet.
Morning Wire
Tariffs Trigger Turmoil & Anti-Trump Protests Erupt | 4.7.25
The top 10% of Americans own 88% of equities, 88% of the stock market. The next 40% owns 12 of the stock market the bottom 50 has debt they have credit card bills they rent their homes they have auto loans and we've got to give them some relief
Morning Wire
Tariffs Trigger Turmoil & Anti-Trump Protests Erupt | 4.7.25
It's almost like the bodybuilders taking steroids. Outside looks great. You're muscular. Inside, you're killing your vital organs. That's what was going on here. But it would have been easy to keep pumping up the economy, borrowing a lot of money, creating a lot of government jobs. There was no controversy when we're doing all that. But you were going to end up in a calamity.
Morning Wire
Tariffs Trigger Turmoil & Anti-Trump Protests Erupt | 4.7.25
A lot of our trading partners, including some of our allies, have not been good partners. If tariffs are so bad, why do they have them?
Morning Wire
Budget Bill Passes House & Rise of Teen “Sextortion” | 4.11.25
The bond auction went very well yesterday. We had a lot of foreigners show up, showing that the U.S. is still the best place to invest. The inflation report was quite good, and energy prices are down more than 20% since January 20th.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2172 - What The Hell Happened on LIBERATION DAY?!
Well, I would say they've been doing it to us for a long time. And if they don't like tariffs, then why do they have them?
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2172 - What The Hell Happened on LIBERATION DAY?!
Again, I think we're going to wait and see how this plays out.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2177 - TRUMP U-TURN WIN: Tariff War Paused, China Isolated!
But in terms of escalation, unfortunately, the biggest offender in the global trading system is China. And they're the only country who's escalated. And I can tell the rest of the world that I'm not sure whether it was the prime minister or the economic minister in Spain made some comments this morning. Oh, well, maybe we should align ourselves more with China.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2177 - TRUMP U-TURN WIN: Tariff War Paused, China Isolated!
That would be cutting your own throat.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2177 - TRUMP U-TURN WIN: Tariff War Paused, China Isolated!
As I said a week ago today, don't retaliate. Hold your ground. Let's see what happens. And China, they kept escalating and escalating. And now they have 125 percent tariffs that will be effective immediately.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2177 - TRUMP U-TURN WIN: Tariff War Paused, China Isolated!
In terms of certainty, we will see what China does. But what I am certain of, what I'm certain of is that what China is doing will affect their economy much more than it will ours because they have an export driven economy.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2177 - TRUMP U-TURN WIN: Tariff War Paused, China Isolated!
flood the world with cheap export models and the rest of the world now understands because when we put up our tariff wall, those exports were already flowing to the rest of the G7 and to the global south.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2177 - TRUMP U-TURN WIN: Tariff War Paused, China Isolated!
We saw the successful negotiating strategy that President Trump implemented a week ago today. It has brought more than 75 countries forward to negotiate. It took great courage, great courage for him to stay the course until this moment. And what we have ended up with here, as I told everyone a week ago, they are in this very spot. Do not retaliate and you will be rewarded.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2174 - WHAT COMES NEXT?! Trump’s Tariff War Continues…
Well, I think that's going to be a decision for President Trump. But I can tell you that as only he can do at this moment, he's created maximum leverage for himself. And more than 50 countries have approached the administration about lowering their non-tariff trade barriers, lowering their tariffs. stopping currency manipulation. And they've been bad actors for a long time.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2174 - WHAT COMES NEXT?! Trump’s Tariff War Continues…
And it's not the kind of thing you can negotiate away in days or weeks.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2174 - WHAT COMES NEXT?! Trump’s Tariff War Continues…
This is an adjustment process. What we saw with President Reagan when he brought down the great inflation and we got past the Carter malaise, that there was some choppiness at that time. But he held the course and we're going to hold the course. And this has been years in the building, years in the making.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2153 - The Democratic Collapse CONTINUES!
Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream. The American dream is rooted in the concept that any citizen can achieve prosperity, upward mobility, and economic security. For too long, the designers of multilateral trade deals have lost sight of this. International economic relations that do not work for the American people must be reexamined.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
When you say the Doge team, these are Treasury employees. Two Treasury employees, one of whom I personally interviewed in his final round. There is no tinkering with the system. They are on read-only. They are looking. They can make no changes. It is an operational program to suggest improvements. So we make 1.3 billion payments a year.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
And this is two employees who are working with a group of longstanding employees.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
I think that'd be a very good characterization.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate. Every day in between, I've been humbled by the trust they placed in me to do their business. right here representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime i will not seek this honor an eighth time my current term in the senate will be my last okay so again
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2158 - Democrats CAVE, Trump Chalks Up Another Win!
As I told the Business Roundtable yesterday, as I tell your viewers, what we're trying to do is create economic certainty. We're going to do it with the tax plan. We're going to do it with deregulation.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2158 - Democrats CAVE, Trump Chalks Up Another Win!
And I also said to the Business Roundtable, I think it was 135 CEOs yesterday, if you came out with a plan similar to what Doge wants to do with the federal government, all your stocks would go up 15% or 20%. it would be considered a miraculous restructuring, cost savings, and put you on a sustainable course.
The Daily
How Trump Wiped Out $10 Trillion in Wealth in 3 Days
I'm not happy with what's going on in the market today. He went on Tucker Carlson's show. But the top 10 percent of Americans own 88 percent of the stock market. The next 40 percent owns 12 percent of the stock market. The bottom 50 has debt. They have credit card bills. They rent their homes. They have auto loans. And we've got to give them some relief.
The Dan Bongino Show
Trump Joins The Show To Drop Massive Truth Bombs (Ep. 2403)
We do not have a revenue problem in the United States of America. We have a spending problem that historically for the past 40 or 50 years, revenues, federal government revenues have averaged about 17 to 17 and a half percent of GDP.
The Dan Bongino Show
Trump Joins The Show To Drop Massive Truth Bombs (Ep. 2403)
And spending has been slightly over that, leading us to a 3.5% budget deficit, which is manageable because we have roughly 3.8% nominal growth, 1.8% real growth, 2% inflation. Today, as you stated, and to be clear, this is one of the things that got me out from behind my desk and my quiet life in this campaign, was the thought that this spending is out of control.
The Dan Bongino Show
Trump Joins The Show To Drop Massive Truth Bombs (Ep. 2403)
We are spending about 24, 25% of GDP. So as you said, 6.8 to 7% deficit. We have never seen this before when it is not a recession or not a war.
The Dan Bongino Show
Trump Joins The Show To Drop Massive Truth Bombs (Ep. 2403)
Senator Sanders, I enjoyed our visit. Talk a little bit closer into the mic. I enjoyed our visit, and I hope you got my follow-up materials on the discussions, my previous writings on the tariffs and China. And look, the three billionaires who you listed, they all made the money themselves.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Tesla Attacks, Weird Walz Comments, and Judges Keep Fighting Trump, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1030
So when they do it to a Tesla dealership, it's really bad. But when they do it to the halls of Congress, we should pardon them. Is that your position?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Tesla Attacks, Weird Walz Comments, and Judges Keep Fighting Trump, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1030
I'm so sorry. Let me educate you.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Tesla Attacks, Weird Walz Comments, and Judges Keep Fighting Trump, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1030
You want to attack me? Let me finish it.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Tesla Attacks, Weird Walz Comments, and Judges Keep Fighting Trump, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1030
I'm sorry you're getting emotional.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Tesla Attacks, Weird Walz Comments, and Judges Keep Fighting Trump, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1030
Anyone who commits violence against Tesla or Congress or anyone else should be put in jail 1,000%. But that does not stifle dissent or opposition from Elon Musk.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Tesla Attacks, Weird Walz Comments, and Judges Keep Fighting Trump, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1030
I'm so sorry to say that people are legitimately upset. They are legitimately upset at Elon Musk. And they're doing it on their own. But there's no reason to have violence in the country. But I just wish all of us would support criticism.
The Megyn Kelly Show
American Freed by Trump, John Oliver's Outrageous Segment, and Saving Your Marriage, with Stu Burguiere, and Jason and Erica Redman | Ep. 1046
As I said, we've given 90 days, and the only certainty we can provide is that the U.S. is going to negotiate in good faith, and we assume that our allies will too. And in terms of certainty, we will see what China does. But what I am certain of, what I'm certain of is that what China is doing—
The Megyn Kelly Show
American Freed by Trump, John Oliver's Outrageous Segment, and Saving Your Marriage, with Stu Burguiere, and Jason and Erica Redman | Ep. 1046
will affect their economy much more than it will ours because they have an export-driven, flood the world with cheap export models. And the rest of the world now understands because when we put up our tariff wall, those exports were already flowing to the rest of the G7.
The Megyn Kelly Show
American Freed by Trump, John Oliver's Outrageous Segment, and Saving Your Marriage, with Stu Burguiere, and Jason and Erica Redman | Ep. 1046
He announced it on a tweet. WTF? Who's in charge? So look...
The Megyn Kelly Show
Markets Rip on Tariff News, Judge Grants AP WH Access, DNI Launches Intel Task Force: AM Update 4/10
And all this was, again, this was driven by the president's strategy. He and I had a long talk on Sunday, and this was his strategy all along. And you might even say that he goaded China into a bad position. They responded. They have shown themselves to the world to be the bad actors. And we are willing to cooperate with our allies and with our trading partners who did not retaliate.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Markets Rip on Tariff News, Judge Grants AP WH Access, DNI Launches Intel Task Force: AM Update 4/10
It wasn't a hard message. Don't retaliate. Things will turn out well.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Tariffs and Markets Perspective, Exclusive Info From Nashville Shooter's Journals, and American Held in Russia, with Victor Davis Hanson and Chris van Heerden | Ep. 1043
We have President Trump's previous term when everyone said none of this was going to work. Oh, the China tariffs are going to do this. They're going to cause inflation. They didn't. This is going to happen to working class. It's going to be bad for working class Americans. Well, guess what? Working class Americans that... Hourly workers did better than supervisory workers.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Tariffs and Markets Perspective, Exclusive Info From Nashville Shooter's Journals, and American Held in Russia, with Victor Davis Hanson and Chris van Heerden | Ep. 1043
The bottom 50% of households, their net worth increased faster than the top 10% of households. And I'm not happy with what's going on in the market today, but the distribution of equities across households, the top 10% of Americans own 88% of equities. 88% of the stock market. The next 40% owns 12% of the stock market. The bottom 50 has debt.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Tariffs and Markets Perspective, Exclusive Info From Nashville Shooter's Journals, and American Held in Russia, with Victor Davis Hanson and Chris van Heerden | Ep. 1043
They have credit card bills, they rent their homes, they have auto loans, and we've got to give them some relief.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump vs. Zelensky Oval Office Fight Fallout, Musk Reveals All, Cuomo for Mayor?: AM Update for 3/3
Margaret, it is impossible to have an economic deal without a peace deal. The sine qua non for an economic deal is that Ukrainian leadership wants a peace deal.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump’s Tariff Shake-Up. Newsom’s Surprising Pivot, Censure Fallout Escalates: AM Update 3/7
I know it's what President Trump believes. He believes three things. One, It is a good source of revenues. Two, it protects our important industries and the employees. And three, he's added a third leg to the stool and he uses it for negotiating.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump’s Tariff Shake-Up. Newsom’s Surprising Pivot, Censure Fallout Escalates: AM Update 3/7
We can accumulate all of the strategic mineral deposits that we need, but China still does 85% of the processing. And every time a private sector company tries to stand up a processing facility outside of China, China drops their prices and puts them out of business. There are several in the United States that are just sitting idle because the Chinese saw what was happening and dropped it.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump’s Tariff Shake-Up. Newsom’s Surprising Pivot, Censure Fallout Escalates: AM Update 3/7
And that's unacceptable.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Schumer Caves in Budget Battle, Putin Playing Hardball, Michelle Obama Podcast Flop: AM Update 3/14
I'm not concerned about a little bit of volatility over three weeks, because if you look over the long term, the reason stocks are a safe and great investment is because you're looking over the long term. I can't tell you that the market is going to go up today, tomorrow, next week.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Schumer Caves in Budget Battle, Putin Playing Hardball, Michelle Obama Podcast Flop: AM Update 3/14
But I can tell you that if we put proper policies in place, it's going to lay the groundwork for both real income gains and job gains and continued asset gains.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Schumer Caves in Budget Battle, Putin Playing Hardball, Michelle Obama Podcast Flop: AM Update 3/14
If we just take kind of a scale zero to 10, that I think the Biden administration sanctions on Russia were probably a three. On the way out the door, they took them to a six. And I can tell you, we wouldn't hesitate to take them up to 10.