LIVE: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds a press briefing

Reminder that this comes directly from the treasury, from taxpayers (separate from the Dell contribution), and is a giant redistribution of wealth.I like a lot of what Trump does. This isn’t one. Link to my in-depth piece on it from 5 months ago below.

BREAKING: Secretary Scott Bessent reveals the Treasury Department is actively preparing for a historic $250 bill featuring President Trump, pending proposed legislation from Congress that would allow a living person to appear on U.S. currency:"I have two mandates for U.S. currency, at present, no living person can be on U.S. currency, and the currency must say, ‘In God we trust.’”“So right now there is proposed legislation, in front of the House and in front of the Senate to change the first req