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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reportedly looking for a way out of the Trump administration following the Republican president’s disastrous tariff rollout damaged his “credibility,” alleged MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle on Friday.

“Some [sources] have said to me, he’s looking for an exit door to try to get himself to the Fed, because in the last few days he’s really hurting his own credibility and history in the markets,” said Ruhle on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

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[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Interviews with Bessent show him to be an idiot. He's just saying "I don't know," over and over like fucking clown shoes.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 85 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You're a part of the admin dude. You made that choice. You damaged your own credibility.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 47 points 23 hours ago

Man in Clown Makeup Complains That People Think He's a Clown

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 8 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, most people with integrity will resign before the bad thing happens. Anyway, I'm sure he'll be able to join all the other ex Trump officials in the #resist cable/podcast ecosystem.

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 64 points 23 hours ago

Leopard... Face...

Bessent can Fuck. Right. Off.

Cute that he thought he had credibility before joining Mafia Don Mangolini's Bully Administration.

🙄 🤡 🖕 🖕

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 24 points 20 hours ago
[–] chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

lol like resigning in disgrace is gonna help. That’s funny.

[–] RainbowHedgehog@50501.chat 56 points 23 hours ago

Bessent: I just wanted a fascist government takeover, not a bad economy.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 32 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Joins the Trump admin, knowing what they plan to do, then worries about his credibility when they do the disastrous thing they always said they would do. I don't have a lot of sympathy.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 26 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Before his government service, he was a partner at Soros Fund Management

LOL, you'd think the MAGA types would already be calling for his head based on that.

And:

Bessent has praised Trump's proposal to implement broad tariffs

Aren't you getting exactly what you wanted, Bessent?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 12 hours ago

They going to blame him as a Soros infiltrator at some point

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

"Praise Trump" is the only basis for working with him. Not that I feel any sympathy for Bessent; if anything, praising Trump's tariffs while not believing in them would make him a moron AND a hypocrite.

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] deacon@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Wait, is that a thing here?

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

It shows up for me on Voyager. I figure it is one of the more benign and wholesome traditions of reddit, and I’d be happy to see it take root here, especially since reddit will eventually exploit it if they haven’t already.

[–] leauxhigh@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

let's do cake day just like the reddit

[–] jownz@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

Scott "I don't know" Bessent. What a useless fool.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago

If you joined the administration and didn't realize you were just there to be used like everyone else, I'm sorry but you can fuck right off. You're just mad that your selfish wants aren't as important to the ones above you.

The only reason they are following blindly is because they want their own little slice of America when the dust settles. They are all selfish pieces of human garbage that want nothing more than to have more power than they deserve and will do whatever daddy tells them to do in order to get it. Problem is the person in charge of the highest office in the country is the most selfish of them all and doesn't give a fuck about anyone else in the entire world. Even if he's a Russian asset or doing his own bidding, it's only because he wants the exact same thing as the rest of them. And at the end of the day, whether it's the president, Putin, or the heritage foundation, the people making the decisions will get what they want and everyone else will get absolutely nothing.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

He can always jump out a really fucking high window.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 9 points 23 hours ago
[–] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 9 points 23 hours ago
[–] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 22 hours ago

He could resign.

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Not being able to find a door explains a lot of what I have heard from him.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago

There's plenty of large open windows