“Used strategically, tariffs can increase revenue to the Treasury, enco...” — Scott Bessent Quote

Used strategically, tariffs can increase revenue to the Treasury, encourage businesses to restore production and reduce our reliance on industrial production from strategic rivals.

President Trump is right that actual free trade is desirable. It might seem counterintuitive from a free market perspective, but he is also right that in order to actually create a freer and more extensive trading system over the long term, we need a more activist approach internationally.

The Federal Reserve was forced to raise rates at a record pace after the demand shock created by Biden's multi-trillion-dollar spending packages were launched into a supply-contained economy.

It is a powerful signal when a politician's home state does not back him or her in a national contest.

I actually like the sort of industrial, working-class woman like Rosie the Riveter, so I'm kind of like the sort of street style of the '50s.

My goal is to go from the industrial food system toward a real food system where you understand what you are eating.

We want kids in communities to know real food, and we want them to have a choice between real food and industrial food.

The key to industrial leadership is technology and design; of the two, technology is quantifiable and design is not. Technological improvements might make your product worth another $20. If you design something beautiful, what is that worth? It's worth whatever people will pay for it.