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Bessent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Don Bessent (1931–1990), American baseball player Hattie Bessent (1908–2015), American psychiatric nurse Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary, and hedge fund manager
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Bessent defended Trump's decision to waive the Graham Act after striking a deal with Putin to lift the embargo on Russian diesel.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended President Donald Trump on Sunday regarding his choice to set aside sweeping Russian tariffs and sanctions established under legislation championed by the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, asserting that “no one has been tougher” than the American…
The US Treasury chief defended Trump’s Russia policy as Zelenskyy criticised the easing of energy restrictions, saying European allies had declined Washington’s call for coordinated tariffs