Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is promising that 2026 will be the year of the “Trump boom,” but some economists wonder if President Donald Trump’s chief economic messenger is writing checks that the White House can’t cash.
Trump deployed Bessent in 2025 to calm market concerns regarding his tariffs and wider economic agenda, and the treasury secretary has been blanketing airwaves this year as part of the White House’s efforts to address affordability concerns ahead of the midterm elections.
Initial reviews indicate that the media blitz seems to be working. Bessent and the Treasury Department hosted a so-called Trump Accounts Summit on Wednesday in Washington featuring Nicki Minaj, MAGA’s newest celebrity. Bessent informed Trump, and reporters, at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting that content the administration created from Minaj’s
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