Scott Bessent Treasury Secretary interview
by HOMERED: Scott Bessent
The Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls himself a GOAT and insists his selection by President Trump relied on pure merit rather than sexual preference or green eyes. He notes that money management operates with a scorecard, unlike sales or trading where subjectivity takes over. This approach helped build the team Trump values so much. During the chat, Bessent recalled Trump joking that he breaks Melania's friends' hearts because they see him on TV and want an introduction, forcing them to break the news about his sexuality. The interviewer brought up how Bessent got into the Naval Academy but skipped it due to being gay, yet Bessent says that never held him back. He even mused that maybe Yale would have been better for some people instead of other Ivies. His record shows stone-cold ruthlessness, especially regarding Iran.
Transcript (en)
They'll occasionally tell me, he goes, you know, you're breaking Melania's friends' hearts. They see you on TV and they want an intro and we have to break the news to them. You modestly said you wanted to go to the Naval Academy. You actually got an appointment. One of the reasons you've talked about the fact that one of the reasons you didn't go was because you're gay. And did that hold you back earlier in your career? I don't think it did at all. And it's very difficult to talk about the counterfactual, but I don't think going to Yale held me back. Maybe some people went to other Ivy League schools would think it might. But I think that it makes you aware, and I've openly spoken about it before, too, is I think maybe some of my career choices, Great thing about money management is there's a scorecard. It's not maybe in sales, maybe in trading, maybe in relationship management. There's a lot of subjectivity that money management, there's a scorecard. And you said President Trump chose me because he believes I'm the best candidate, not because of my sexual preference or your green eyes. Exactly. So I and I think that's one of the reasons we have such a great team that the president makes his decisions all the time. You know, he'll occasionally tell you, tell me, you know, you're breaking Melania's friends hearts. They see you on TV and they want an intro and we have to break the news to them.
