Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent appears on NBC’s Meet the Press to discuss the current status of the economy and ongoing geopolitical events. Within the interview [Video and Transcript Below] Secretary Bessent notes that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is coordinating closely with both British King Charles and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, needs to be very careful about the malicious lies he is speaking to U.S. audiences. WATCH:
[Transcript] – KRISTEN WELKER: Welcome back. Joining me now is Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Secretary Bessent, welcome back to Meet the Press.
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT: Kristen, good to be with you.
KRISTEN WELKER: It’s great to have you back. Let’s start on inflation, these new inflation numbers we got this week. Consumer prices rose in September at the fastest pace in five months, to 3.7%. Are the president’s policies driving up inflation?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT: Kristen, we have an energy shock. And if you look underneath the hood in the numbers, core inflation has been very flat before this month, and it’d been down for four months in a row. So core inflation is down. The food is below the Fed’s targets. The prescription drugs have had the biggest decrease in history. Rents are down. So this is an energy shock. We will get to the other side of the Iran conflict, and those prices will come down.
KRISTEN WELKER: Well, core inflation doesn’t take energy, for example, into account or food into account. And in fact the price of gas is up 44%, Mr. Secretary, since the start of the war with Iran. What do you say to voters right now who say they are struggling and they want change?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT: Well, why don’t we revisit the Biden-era policies where the American people got smoked? 21.5% inflation and only about 17% wage increases. Since President Trump has started, the American people have gotten real wage increases, 1.5%. We’re not satisfied with that. But as I said, you know, we’re getting these wage increases through our economic policies. And the wage increases are going to be persistent. We will get to the other side of the Iran conflict, and I believe that the energy markets are going to be better supplied than they were.
KRISTEN WELKER:
I hear you blaming President Biden, but President Trump has been in office now for 636 days. That’s about a year and a half, and inflation was at 3% when he took office. It’s 3.7% now. At what point does the administration take responsibility for the economy and say this is the Trump economy?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
Well, we will own the economy. So far this year, we’ve got a million private-sector jobs. We’ve never had this many people working in the U.S. The net worth of American households are the highest that it’s ever been. So, Kristen, let’s be clear here. This is an energy supply side shock. We will get to the other side of this. This is one factor.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Even President Trump has said this is his economy. Let me ask you, though. You are the Treasury Secretary. Do you anticipate gas prices will come down by the new year?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
Well, again, it will depend on what happens with the Iran conflict.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay, let’s talk about the war with Ukraine now. President Trump signed an executive order waiving sanctions against Russia. I just talked about this with President Zelenskyy, who tells me this move is a big support for Putin. Why is the president rewarding a dictator who invaded Ukraine?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
President Trump has made it clear he wants the killing to stop. And the so-called Graham bill gives the president the flexibility, gives him 60 days to assess the situation. And, Kristen, let’s look at what’s really happening here, that the Europeans have given Russia and Vladimir Putin more money than they’ve given the Ukrainians. They continue to gorge on Russian energy. There is a facility called the Yamal facility. In the first six months of the year, there were 140 cargoes that left. 136 of those went to Europe, to Belgium, to Spain, to France, to the Netherlands. Over $8 billion. So we have asked, in the spring, I asked our European allies to join us in putting secondary tariffs on China, on India. They refused. So why should the U.S. bear the burden? So President Trump, perhaps will be in contact with our European partners. Why should the U.S. go it alone, Kristen?
KRISTEN WELKER:
Well, I guess the question is, “What role should the U.S. play?” During your confirmation hearing in January of 2025, you described the war in Ukraine as one of the greatest tragedies in your life, and you had this criticism about the Biden administration’s approach to sanctions at the time. Take a listen.
[BEGIN TAPE]
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
I believe that the sanctions were not fulsome enough. I believe that we — I believe that the previous administration was worried about raising U.S. energy prices during an election season.
[END TAPE]
KRISTEN WELKER:
Is President Trump doing what you accused President Biden of doing?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
First of all, Kristen, the sanctions were doubled. The Biden administration, in an act of incredible bravery, doubled the sanctions on the way out, in January of 2025. So uh, but we did not take those down. President Trump sanctioned the two largest Russian energy companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, which dealt a catastrophic blow to the Russian energy industry. So no one has been tougher on Russian sanctions than President Trump.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But you there are pushing for even tougher sanctions –
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
– Kristen, we did the toughest sanctions.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay, but why lift them now? What has Putin done to deserve sanctions relief now? That’s my question —
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
Well, first of all Kristen, that’s not true. No sanctions were lifted on Friday. No sanctions were lifted.
KRISTEN WELKER:
There was a law that was supposed to put more sanctions in place –
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
Yes, but —
KRISTEN WELKER:
The president effectively waived that.
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
– Kristen, no sanctions were lifted.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Will they be lifted?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
There is a 60-day period so we can examine what’s going on. The only thing that has been lifted is the diesel embargo. And, you know, I will point out the U.K. in May waived their embargo on diesel and jet fuel made with Russian crude. So, you know, where’s the outrage for the rest of the world? President Zelenskyy does not criticize his European partners. He seemed a bit disassembled in that interview. The Europeans are financing the Russian war machine. The U.S. imports $4 billion of Russian products. 1.8 billion of that fertilizer. Europeans import more than ten times that.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You know, speaking of President Zelenskyy, he says Ukraine will not prevail if the United States sides with Russia. A number of Republican senators have said that’s what this move does. Is the president siding with Russia here?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
No. Again, that’s a false binary. What does the U.S. provide? The U.S. provides intelligence via Starlink, and we provide, we allow NATO to buy U.S. armaments and resell them to Ukraine. You know, when President Zelenskyy asked for Patriots, the European members of NATO, they have plenty of Patriots. Why aren’t they forthcoming with the Patriots? Where’s Germany giving the Ukrainians Patriots?
KRISTEN WELKER:
You bring up Starlink. President Zelenskyy just discussed Starlink. I’d like to have you respond. Ukraine relies on Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite network, just for our viewers, to defend against Russian drones. President Zelenskyy just said he believes the U.S. government slowed the speed. Now, President Trump said he had nothing to do with it. But can you definitively say no one in the Trump administration ordered restrictions?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
President Trump and Secretary Rubio have categorically said that no one in the Trump administration did that. And I think it is very reckless for President Zelenskyy to make such a charge.
KRISTEN WELKER:
How did it get slowed down? How are these disruptions caused? Because President Zelenskyy also said there was a break in intel sharing as well. Why did that happen?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
Again, I don’t know anything about that, but we’ve been very clear. And, you know, President Zelenskyy should be very careful about making statements like this that aren’t true.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Bottom line, Mr. Secretary, is Ukraine an ally of the United States?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
President Trump has made it clear that he wants to end this war, that it must stop. And President Zelenskyy presents a false binary this morning that — Ukraine must win. The war must end, and that will be with some kind of a negotiated settlement, and President Trump is working on that every day. He’s done it since he came into office.
KRISTEN WELKER:
And just to the core question, though, does the United States see Ukraine as an ally?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
Again, we provide three different things to Ukraine. So that’s what you do for an ally. We’re not providing those to Russia.
KRISTEN WELKER:
So does that mean the United States sees Ukraine as an ally? Can you say one way or another definitively?
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
Again, I’m not the secretary of state. I’m not the president.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay. All right. Secretary, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, thank you so very much. Appreciate your being here.
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT:
Thank you.
{End Transcript}
They are all getting the message from PDJT, tell the Fake News that the Little Nazi better watch what he says.
Go bless Scott….To have to put up with a degenarate like this…Repulsive…
Impertinent is my one word description of Welker…
Let me fill you in on what the leftist propaganda machine FOX news was promoting in the most atrocious anti Trump fashion. Some woman “expert” completely ignoring the discrepancy between Starlink & Starshield was droning on about how PJDT wanted Diesel to come down for the Elections so he slowed Starshield down which led to Ukraine taking massive damage – she said it was eerily similar to Trump’s first term where she linked the perfect phone call to a fake claim that PJDT slowed down arms shipments which caused harm to Ukraine and that’s what he got impeached for!
Do you see the repeat narrative FOX was setting up for the democrats. Thank God Zelenskyy didn’t have Starshield but had abused Starlink. And what about this so-called “expert” it’s pretty obvious what she was willing to do if it hadn’t blown up in her face. Another outrageously slanderous hoax perpetrated against The President of The United States!
We’re only going to get more of this until somebody pays! That’s the only way it’s going to stop! If you can’t even put Jack Smith or John Brennen in jail then we’ve still got major major justice and civil rights problems!
Love this guy. Always great with the Enemedia!
Is that an abbreviation for “enemy media” or “enema media?”
Either way is accurate, I guess…
This leftist media hack goes well beyond pathetic to downright ignorant
Mr. Trump made a large error in attacking Iran at the behest of Israel. Playing in a third world area that controls by default world energy and economic welfare is difficult to win. If Iran was so close to nukes, then why not wipe it out and move on? This foreign policy is just following the third term of the obama with similar results.
wrong
Remember he took out their nuks they wanted to kill us all.
Short memory huh
Oh yes that’s right. Only thing chump did was give bibi a blumpkin.
* resorts to childish remarks when a mature, lucid, convincing counter argument can’t be made. 🤡
The Iranians are signatories of the U.N. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (as are Russia, the United States, and China), Iran can not be in breach of that Treaty.
They tried to blackmail the whole world with the Straight of Hormuz, and the guy can’t figure out that we have to keep International Waters navigational. That’s why we’re there, President Trump already got the Nukes. He knew they would attack the Straight, he smoked them out!
Also I think he knew Zelenskyy was going to make gas prices high anyway.
The man is Brilliant.
As long as Islam exists the world is in danger. Look around you at how many now live legally in the United States of America. if you aren’t shocked you should be. Ignorance is dangerous.
it’s President Trump, not mr.
Consuming Fake News, poisons the mind.
President Trump didn’t “attack Iran on behest of Israel”.
I chose to believe him and those in adm who spoke about the imminent risk we were facing with Iran.
I keep seeing this statement…yours and oft repeated by others here and elsewhere…that Israel asked President Trump to strike Iran at Netanyahu’s request, and that he complied…
Unsupported by documented, verifiable evidence that this is true.
Were you privy yourself to the request, either the conversation or perhaps a phone call?
What solid evidence, or attribution, have you for this remarkable assertion?
If you have it, I’m certain we would all like to see it.
Thank you.
Dame Defarge seems to be a troll.
No responses yet to the myriad comments “she” is receiving…
“Drop and run” seems to be the the intellectually barren method employed, as well as the witless adoption of Goebbel’s “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it”.
I’ll continue to wait for answers to my question.
🎯
survey SAYS…..
Madame Le Fart.
Something smells …. suspicious.
Do people not think that it was entirely possible for us to awaken to an atomic blast? or an alarm warning of an incoming bomb? or complete chaos because we have to find someplace, “Safe” now. That is what I believe was Iran’s plan. Our President Trump may have also believed it, hence his actions to act upon that potential.
Madame DeFArge may have her issues, but this is one less thing she has to continue to NOT think about. The world is a very scary place and some people are hell bent on our destruction.
It seems there are many who cannot entertain the possibility.
After, it is too late…
As is said, an ounce of prevention.
(As I have written many times, my desire to remain informed is often times at odds with my desire to remain sane.)
Oh, your final paragraph is 100% on target!
There appear to be a few at the treehouse who are “insiders”. /s
It’s everywhere. I think it’s another version of the wrap up smear. All to affect the midterms, of course, and to demolish Trump‘s credibility in gullible eyes.
You are funny.
You are not even being serious. Which makes me think you are a child.
Or, she’s knitting feverishly…..
HA!
Reverse your premise and you’re correct. One of the huge benefits of destroying the toxic regime in Iran is that the US can slowly withdraw from the region that its has been locked into for decades. Isreal will be surrounded, for the first time, by neighbours who don’t want to destroy it, or a distant one whose proxies do. Since 1948, the Western world has been inextricably tied to Israel, thanks to the Arab refusal to accept its existence and the regional importance during the Cold War.
The President is pursuing an America First foreign policy, which involves a historic decoupling from the ME, whereas Obama’s foreign policy was the opposite, gifting Iran the region, in their division of the world. It’s why the Abraham accords were signed and the draw down of US Forces in the Med and S. Europe will start when IRGC have fled, are fleeing or being hunted down.
LOL!
What are you smoking?
Same results? The Islamic republic is in a state of collapse, just holding out on the false belief the midterm elections will save them from their fate.
Neutralizing a rogue state instead of giving them billions of dollars to pretend they aren’t trying to build a nuclear weapon is hardly the same policy.
Not sure i want any of what she’s smoking.
You are correct in your reasoning. Our problem was the initial talking point that the Iran was not a stable government ( yet 50 years of stability by killing any protesters). “regime change” is what the mullahs expect in the USA. Our ‘regime’ has a Constitutional change every 24 months called elections. Media hype and political hysteria feed the crazy mullahs.
You lie like the MSM 🙂
President Trump [not “Mr.”] decided on his own to finally try to destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Israel, a close ally of the US, has been a partner in this effort since Iran has promised THOUSANDS OF TIMES to wipe Israel from the face of the Earth.
To decide to NOT do this because in doing so oil prices might go up for a while would be the most callous and stupid decision about ever. Geez.
Madame…..it’s only been a few months, and PRESIDENT Trump has been trying to get the Iran job done WITHOUT completely destroying all the civilian infrastructure. Sec Bessent has been helping by trying to ECONOMICALLY strangle the mullahs.
Will this approach work? Maybe….maybe not. But trying something that might prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands, and perhaps millions, of Iranian civilians is worth paying a buck or 2 more for gas for a short time, don’t you think?
😱
Oh my. What a simplistic assessment.
Madame DeTroll please go away.
President Trump doesn’t do anything on the behest of any country, much less Israel.
Mr. Trump? He is the president of the United States of America, please respect the title.
Does that include the cash Obama gave going out the door our allowing them to continue to enrich while hiding that from the world? Maybe John Kerry can go back and help, no?
Which one? And 33 people here upvoted this nonsense.
Just keep on knitting, madame.
That Kristen girl is a lying and nasty person. She might be a lizard.
“about an alien invasion of Earth by a carnivorous race of reptilians known as “Visitors”
Thanks for the transcript. I tried to watch it, but watching Welker was just riling me up.
She’s one of few “punchable” media females on the air 🙂
Few?
I can think of more than a few.
Whenever you can see the 3 whites on the eyes of a woman…. left, right and top…. they are usually mental cases….. Welker fits that to the T.
She’s a three handed woman.*
Left.
Right.
Under.
*Assumes is woman.
Same on a man.
The Kristen Diet works wonders!
I’ve already lost 40 pounds this year.
Anytime I crave a snack I just look at her and lose my appetite.
I look at her and lose my lunch.
You can’t dislike her enough.
From Grok:
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio later stated (October 17–18) that Ukraine does not currently have Starshield access and that the issues involved commercial Starlink instead. That claim conflicts with the earlier Ukrainian reporting, Musk’s statements, the 2024 contract details, and the contemporaneous coverage of the slowdown as affecting Starshield. The weight of evidence from the time of the incident is that Ukraine was using Starshield terminals under U.S. arrangements when the speed restrictions were applied.
Grok suffers from TDS.
So glad that everyone here knows what’s going on. Give Musk, Trump and the Pentagon a call to set it all right. Btw, TDS doesn’t incude when MSM says it wasn’t Trump🤣
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ukraine-s-starshield-access-is-being-restored-but-it-wasn-t-trump-who-ordered-it-throttled/ar-AA2ejEPS?ocid=BingNewsSerp
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/spacex-gets-us-contract-expand-ukraines-access-starshield
Maybe you could provide the EXACT transcriptions of where Starshield was ever DOCUMENTED to have been made available to the Ukranians????
Does GROK serve in the Trump Administration?
Relying on AI for news updates is the same as opening the New York Times or listening to any of the networks. They’re all programmed by the same puppet masters.
He is being very careful. He is deliberately lying to impact our election. He is an enemy of America.
Who is he? Zelensky? Bessent? Who? Who?
I’m assuming you mean Zelensky.
There is a quiet confidence when this man speaks – He’s a person that I really do like to listen to!
Yes, Secretary Bessent is a dragon slayer…bill
Could be president one day. I hope he will always have an important role in the next MAGA administration.
The truth is that Zelenskyy is counting the press and the democrat party to never call him on his lies.
That is a given — they are ALL “messing” in our national elections. Why is this not TREASONOUS? …
Curious Cat really wants to know.
The Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has a Pinocchio problem.
That’s because it’s their lies Zelensky is repeating!
From the interview
…What does the U.S. provide? The U.S. provides intelligence via Starlink…
Who’s correctly factual?
Bessent or Rubio
Both. We provide information gleaned from Starlink. The Nazis/Ukrainians don’t get to use Starlink directly or for targeting.
I cannot watch her eyes… ugh. Ugly woman.
The OLD saying, “if eyes could”… that is why you feel this way. Millions of us feel the same — welcome to the club.
She’s evil. I wonder how Sec. Bessent can stand to breath the same air.
Psychotic crazy town eyes
We are really grateful for him.💥💯🇺🇸
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT: Well, why don’t we revisit the Biden-era policies where the American people got smoked? 21.5% inflation and only about 17% wage increases”
Thank you for the transcript. I attempted to watch only the parts where Sec. Bessent responded, but WELKER is such a disgusting pig, I couldn’t take it! Ugh.
I made it thought it, but damn, she is an especially nasty piece of work.
Reptilian 🦎
He needs a banana up the tail pipe
What a dirty mind you have there gkar. Wishing it for yourself? Go away with your childish insults.
Wonder if gkar might be referring to Lil’ Z?
Nope. The article is about Sec Bessent. Just a crude reference to his sexuality, which is irrelevant, making it a mean spirited comment.
Who is he???
Moron in the chat
The narrative framing of the background photo of Trump and Putin during the Alaska meeting when Trump was trying to end this damn war. Shame on them, but they have no shame.
We should not be allies of either of these two governments, which before the war were ranked #1 and #2 most corrupt governments in Europe. We should act in the interest of American citizens, and do what we reasonably can to stop the deaths on both sides. Not to help either government, but to simply stop the slaughter of young people on both sides being used by those governments.
Ukraine was one of the most corrupt countries on the planet….. They never gave our country anything economically… Why Obama and Biden were over there F*cking around especially with the Crack addict Hunter is suspect…. but then again Obama and most Democrats are the Enemies of our Nation and the world for that matter…. so it makes sense that a massive war breaks out because of their 2014 era Overthrown/coup in Ukraine. These losers are working at the behest of the EU cabal…. I noticed it a long time ago when the Royals and their friends were hovering around HRC and Obama…. that’s what you call foreign agents in our govt’ working as traitors to our Nation.
Don’t forget ole Victoria Nuland…
It still is one of if not the most corrupt countries on this earth.
Is Ukraine an ally?
No, it is the enemy.
💰 🧺
Is the UK(EU) an ally?
No, they’re the enemy.
Fixed it for you.
WAS, IS, and ALWAYS will be the enemy.
Curious Cat told me so.
Doesn’t this Welker have some muslim in her??
Possible. But the camera angle made it difficult to determine if someone was under her desk.
Penetrating thought!
I don’t think I’ll reply with my first thought. Don’t want a timeout… 😉
Curious what everyone’s point of view is at the moment with these midterms here?
I don’t believe the polls and I also believe that President Trump has done quite a bit to curtail the cheating that the dems like to do.
Thoughts?
Well I can’t find any new NO Kings protests. Online won’t let me sign up for their everybody welcome to get out the vote “online course” Maybe they don’t like my email?
🤣
Marc Elias was on X yesterday raving about Meta not allowing him to promote his NO Kings protests. He was demanding their cooperation. He’s probably going to sue on Monday.
KRISTEN WELKER:
“does the United States see Ukraine as an ally?
->That wording is very interesting.🤔
The USA is not in need of an “ally”; as the USA is not the country in need of financial, nor military assistance, nor defense!
Zelensky has used the word, “partners” as it pertains to members of the EU; yes, partners.
The (rhetorical) question is:
-Are Zelenskyy
and his “partners”
in alliance
with the USA❓
———-/////——-
KRISTEN WELKER
and Zelensky
and
all other deceivers’ word games
do them no favors.
✝️❤️🇺🇸
Partners as in Partners in Crime.
That’s a trap so that later on someone can claim an automatic NATO response to a false flag “Russian provocation” is warranted.
Absolutely 117%
Crystal clear — “catcha.”
Clear as crystal; the days of the tin cup are long gone.
With Ally’s like ours, who needs Enemies?
Will someone explain why anyone from this administration goes on this Rabid Lefty program.
1. Gets the actual truth out
2. Allows those with a brain to see how corrupt fake news is.
3. Shows cabinet support for our President, all on same page, MAGA page. Unity.
IMO.
My IMO, also — seeing and hearing is far more affective
than being told.
Can’t stand looking at her
I don’t look, just listen for about 2 mins on 2x speed, then reread parts
Deport NBC
Welker is such a tool.
Bessent is, in my opinion, the 2nd best Cabinet appointee after Rubio.
Hegseth is a close third, IMHO.
A bit disappointing. He didn’t mention the 500% tariffs we’d have to employ if NATO continues purchasing gas and oil from sanctioned Russia. And no mention of Starlink being commercial and Ukraine breaking their TOS. Or distinguishing the difference between Starlink and Starshield. Not explaining those things made it sound like it’s not his silo and perhaps it’s not. Stating those would have put the right context on the situation and provided sunshine to the truth.
She cut him off way too fast!
The readers are always very, very rude that way!
I dislike Bessent’s mannerisms when he’s speaking, but the transcripts tell me everything I need to know about him. He’s a keeper.
The default response by administration officials to criticism about the PDJT47 administration is “What about Biden?” as if the Biden administration is a good measuring stick. This is exactly Bessent’s response when Welker calls him on the fact that food and fuel are not part of the core inflation calculus (which is in itself a shocking bit of sophistry, IMO). It’s an artful dodge, but the question remains unanswered.
Shakespearean actors weren’t available for this interview.
Just have to tolerate one of the most economically brilliant spokespersons instead.
Did Trump Just Cause Europe to Commit Suicide or Are They Just Doing It Themselves
They didn’t need any help to walk off that cliff.
President Trump is just stepping aside and letting them do it.
The only way to possibly “fix stupid” is to permit the fool to be confronted with the consequences of his decisions.
Our President is doing just that, while doing his best to protect us from those consequences of European idiocy.
Can we get a BOGO offer here?
Omar gets deported and Welker goes along for free!
No, Ukraine is NOT an ally of the United States, they are pimped out by EUnuchs and U.S. turncoats both sides of the aisle.
117% MK
Bessent should say to Welker “You are a Democrat Propagandist! “
Or what??
That’s all we hear from this administration – “Be careful about your claims about us…” or what??? Or we are going to keep doing the nasty things you say we do??
A threat has no real bite if the outcome of not heading it is the same as if you did.
Let’s see some real action, or else it’s sinply online WordPress banter
I need your name to remind to vote because…. I’m an idiot, said nobody ever.
This is the greatest Treasury Secretary I can remember in my lifetime.
Kristen Welker, Margaret Brennan and Martha Raddatz all seem even more hysterical than normal this morning. I think this is a much better indicator than the endless fake polls.
Maybe an indicator about how fake the polls are….and they know it 🙂
100s of Ukrainian drones flew through NATO airspace before turning to attack St. Petersburg.
USA/NATO does all of Ukraine’s targeting, surveillance, etc.
The USA cannot keep banging on about wanting peace when they are directly involved in the war.
Either stop NATO/USA military involvement, or shut up.
Russia appears incapable of ending this war by defeating Ukraine.
They seem afraid to do what is necessary.
The globalists and the deep state are hell-bent on dragging us into a major war.
Everyone should question why we were dragged into WWII.
Poland would have sorted out its border dispute with Germany if Britain had not promised to back them.
The story that we all had to fight Germany to save Poland, democracy, etc., never made any sense.
The Soviet Union took half of Poland because that was their agreement with Germany.
No Western power said anything about that.
Why was a communist dictatorship a Western ally?
Many faulty assumptions above to accompany an exceptionally short att”ention span.
Bad combination.
Pretty common though.
Quick to conclude what you have held tightly to prove your clever insight.”
Like so many, there is no anger to levy against some who are simply oblivious and loud.
None whatsoever.
I cannot listen to her, but read the transcript. Is Bessent the Secretary or War or State?
Treasury.
Hegseth is War, Rubio is State.
Great point!
Female Talking Heads grate on my nerves with their overcompensation for being female by being aggressively hostile.
All the efforts put into talking and ”deals”will not work.
WWII: Germany and Japan were defeated first; then the losers signed agreements because they had no choice.
The USA has to defeat the IRGC, and Russia has to defeat Ukraine.NATO/CIA.
If you cannot do that, nothing will change.
Asking Zelenskyy to think before he talks is an over reach for sure.
Thank you (again) Sundance for including transcripts that permit us to avoid the insufferable Welkers and Brennans, et al.
“____ needs to be very careful about making statements that are not true…” ?
The hypocrisy of a US government official stating this is stunning.
I’m still reeling from all the government lies and wrongdoing in pushing the covid plandemic and coerced harmful unnecessary ineffective modRNA SHOTS. Which they are STILL pushing under “MAHA” RFK Jr. (another big lie).
And then this clown statement?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said it best:
“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country.”
Your post sounds like Communist Garbage….. may I recommend a visit to CNN?
It’s really windy out. I think your Ukrainian flag just blew away.
I’d like to Sec. Bessent do a long-form interview with Joe Rogan or that podcaster Barron Trump recommended during the campaign. Someone with bit of curiosity interested in the opinions and answers of the guest instead of a legacy media propagandist.
17% wage increase compared to 1.5% wage increase? A good thing? What am I missing here?
I heard that too. I think it was a net decease when factoring in inflation. Roughly 21% inflation offset 17% real wage growth. But it was tough to get that connection for sure.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL
“My decision on Russia is a very simple one. I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table.
Great progress is being made, and that includes current hostage negotiations!
Signing that document at this time will do that, and I can sign it later, or any time that I want!
Perhaps more importantly, Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing, and I want to keep it that way, and will, unless stupid people get in the way.
Lastly, Zelenskyy is using Diesel Refineries in Russia as a target, knowing that these attacks are seriously hurting the world diesel markets, including those in the United States.
Farmers, ranchers, and businesses of all kinds are suffering greatly from this, but Russia is, nevertheless, sending, at a low price, millions of barrels of diesel to the World.
Zelenskyy doesn’t care, and frankly, with all of the money that Europe is famously giving him, and that Crooked Joe Biden gave him in the past, he doesn’t want to end this war, and probably never did.
He could have made a better deal two years ago than he can now. His country is in shambles, a large portion of his land is lost, his oceans and seas are gone, and his male population is low, wounded, and/or dead.
I WANT THIS WAR END!
Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117463828588421761
False binary is right !
There is no winner here. Negotiate and end it. Apparently Zelenskyy hasn’t raked in enough cash yet. Or is it his Globalist masters egging him on? Everyone informed knows Russia isn’t interested in Europe. However, Europe needs a “financial” out and unfortunately war is their one trick pony.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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My decision on Russia is a very simple one.
I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine,
and don’t want to do anything
that will drive, foolishly,
Russia away from the bargaining table.
Great progress is being made,
and that includes current hostage negotiations!
Signing that document at this time will do that, and I can sign it later, or any time that I want!
Perhaps more importantly,
Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing,
and I want to keep it that way, and will,
unless stupid people get in the way.
Lastly, Zelenskyy is using Diesel Refineries in Russia as a target,
knowing that these attacks are seriously hurting the world diesel markets, including those in the United States.
Farmers, ranchers, and businesses of all kinds are suffering greatly from this,
but Russia is, nevertheless,
sending, at a low price, millions of barrels of diesel to the World.
👉🏻Zelenskyy doesn’t care,
and frankly,
👉🏻with all of the money that Europe is famously giving him, and
that Crooked Joe Biden gave him in the past,
👉🏻he doesn’t want to end this war,
and
probably never did.
He could have made a better deal two years ago than he can now.
His country is in shambles,
a large portion of his land is lost,
his oceans and seas are gone,
and his male population is low, wounded, and/or dead.
I WANT THIS WAR END!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
President DONALD J. TRUMP
HSBC paid $1.92 billion. No one went to jail. I was the whistleblower.
14 years later,BANK OF AMERICA
admits it willfully broke the law, pays $1.2 billion, and no one goes to jail.
3.6 million Americans read my letter. You haven’t responded.
So I’m asking on camera: who is going to be charged?
https://x.com/EverettStern1/status/2111880246593032376/video/1
Warnings…. More Warnings…. more Warnings…. How about some decisive Action! on this “Z”.?
Pearls before swine.
Kristen Welker is a lightweight intellectually. Her attempts at “gotcha” questions all fall flat.