The comments offer fresh insight into the Trump administration’s hardline approach to China and its global trade strategy.
BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Bessent says it was President Trump’s plan all along to provoke China into a bad position.
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“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…
Treasury Secretary Bessent says it was President Trump’s plan all along to provoke China into a bad position.
“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… It wasn’t a hard message. Don’t retaliate. Things will turn out well.”