Key Takeaways
- Bessent Goes on Offense: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called out Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar as “failures” for blocking government funding and harming American farmers, urging them to “stop writing incoherent letters” and reopen the government.
- Trump’s Trade Wins Highlighted: Bessent defended the administration’s economic progress, pointing to China’s new agreement to buy up to 25 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans annually and President Trump’s Asia trip, which he said could generate $2 trillion in new investment.
- Sharp Contrast with Biden Era: In a fiery postscript, Bessent mocked the Biden administration’s “autopenned efforts to bankrupt the U.S. government,” reminding Democrats that “profit” is a word from the private sector — one they might want to learn.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent isn’t holding back. In a late-night social media post Wednesday, he slammed Senate Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar as “failures,” accusing them of “writing incoherent letters” instead of reopening the government and supporting American farmers.
“@SenWarren and @SenAmyKlobuchar: you are failures,” Bessent wrote on X. “You failed to derail the electoral success of one of our great allies in Latin America, President @JMilei. He won in a landslide with the poorest members of society voting for economic freedom—a notion anathema in particular to the Senate’s resident American Peronist, Senator Warren.”
Bessent went on to accuse the senators of blocking aid to U.S. farmers and stalling the administration’s plans to activate the Farm Credit Agency to assist with next year’s crops. He warned that keeping the government closed through Thanksgiving would “ruin the number one travel day for American families” and said they “should both be ashamed.”
The remarks followed a letter from Senate Democrats accusing Bessent of prioritizing foreign governments over U.S. farmers. Bessent dismissed the charge, pointing instead to a new deal struck with China to purchase 12 million metric tons of American soybeans this season, with another 25 million expected annually over the next three years.
He also highlighted President Trump’s ongoing Asia trip, posting a photo of the president at the APEC summit and claiming the trip could yield “$2 trillion worth of investments into the U.S.”
In a parting shot, Bessent mocked the Biden administration’s economic record. “While ‘profit’ is a private sector word that you may both be unfamiliar with,” he wrote, “I would urge you to look past your previous experience working alongside the Biden Administration’s autopenned efforts to bankrupt the U.S. government.”
Klobuchar fired back online, calling Bessent’s remarks “jet-lagged,” but it’s clear the Treasury secretary has no plans to tone it down.