U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow Thursday that world leaders emulating “a numbskull” like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could see higher tariffs from the United States.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Wednesday said they agreed to strengthen dialogue and enhance collaboration in a meeting Wednesday focused on the two countries' economic partnership.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that the US should become a global leader in digital assets. In a new interview with CNBC, Bessent says the United States should welcome crypto-related businesses into the country and take a leadership role in the industry.

Bessent has been a key figure in the White House push to get Ukraine on board with an economic agreement, and personally flew to Kyiv to present Zelenskyy with the administration’s first draft of a deal in mid-February. An economic commitment, he told reporters in Kyiv, “will provide a long-term security shield for all Ukrainians.”

United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the US government will use stablecoins to protect the US dollar and pass commonsense regulations.

Bessent is not the only prominent Republican telling Americans frustrated with the president’s early term antics to suck it up. On Thursday, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told the audience at the ...

Treasury Secreatry Scott Bessent described the new role as "someone who picks the five or eight areas where this administration can make a big difference for working class Americans."