“In a way, it is a backdoor for privatizing Social Security,” Bessent said at a Breitbart event in Washington, Politico ...

Bessent was more right the first time, only I would suggest tackling Social Security head on. If done right, private ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is trying to walk back comments that Trump savings accounts for newborns could be a ...

The Treasury secretary has a really strange way of convincing people it’s “ridiculous” to think the program is under threat.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump will protect Social Security, after Bessent said newborn accounts are a “backdoor ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing heavy backlash from Democrats over a Wednesday remark in which he talked about “a ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that the Trump administration was committed to protecting Social Security ...

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's recent comments about using Trump Accounts as a backdoor for privatizing Social Security ...

Cue the inevitable cleanup. Both Bessent and White House press spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt quickly said that these accounts would be a "supplement" to Social Security, not a replacement for it.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's new children's savings program "is a back door for privatizing Social Security," a remark at a Breitbart News forum that ...