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CHU: Do you agree with President Trump that you also do not care about Americans' financial situation? BESSENT: Who was the president during World War 1? CHU: ... ... can you answer my question? BESSENT: Who was the president during World War 1?

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So when a witness asks a question that has nothing to do with the hearing, Democrats are like a deer in headlights. We need to elect people who can think a little faster instead of sitting there with blank looks on their faces

ALL the things WRONG Bessent smirking- thinking he is successfully mansplaining + his smug deliberately condescending insult is undetectable Bessent is counting on US public being too stupid to understand he refused to answer the question b/c a truthful answer is one he won't admit

MAGA doesn't care about you or me! How many times do they have to tell us this? How many of their agents have to say the same thing? A return to Democrat leadership is our ONLY hope of some understanding and relief.

Democrats ask who won the Presidency in 2020. Maybe this is his idea of a clever riposte. Perhaps he wants to point out that Wilson was racist and a Democrat. Or something something underpants profit gotcha.

Jeopardy answer: Who was Woodrow Wilson. So what? FDR was President during WWII. Is this his lame pivot to blame Dems? Weak. Also, comparing Iran to WWI is idiotic.

I'm not defending Bessant here , but she shouldn't have admitted she didn't know the WW1 president. She should know. I'm not sure Harriet Hageman knows what planet was involved in WORLD War 1 , but we're not Republicans.

I don't get it. How does this relate to the topic of the hearing? Should congressional hearings be quiz shows? Suggestions: - What is the second largest planet in our solar system? - Have dinosaur remains been found in Africa? - What was the average height of Swiss women in 1970?

Trump is just "truncated" bsky.app/profile/atru...

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CHU: Do you agree with President Trump that you also do not care about Americans' financial situation? BESSENT: Who was the president during World War 1? CHU: ... ... can you answer my question? BESSENT: Who was the president during World War 1?

"Energy was flowing before he attacked Iran, he ripped up the nuclear treaty. These are incompetent moves by people ignorant about world affairs." Why can nobody just lay it out this simply for these asshats?

It's really incredible. We are supposed to believe that the people who ripped up the JCPOA Iran Nuclear deal now give a shit about whether Iran gets a nuclear weapon. We are all morons like MAGA I guess.

yeah, wanted her to say "Edith Galt Wilson, who unconstitutionally seized power from her unfit-to-serve husband ." Why would any Dem lawmaker a.) answer a question from a Trump admin witness, or b.) even think of it as a good-faith question? Saying "I don't know" was bad.

It's telling Bessent has to go all the way back to a time when the US wasn't the center of the global financial system, supply chains weren't globalized & the dollar wasn't the dominant reserve currency for the world in order to defend using tariffs. It's a different world, Scott, you fucking moron!

He probably has some stock answer about how Woodrow Wilson delayed acting against the Kaiser which caused unnecessary hardship to Americans. Its what all of their stupid "let me ask you a question" stuff is about.

Ok, Bessent, I'll play. What was the name of the third Oompa-Loompa from the left duing the 2nd verse of Violet Beauregard's song in the original "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory?" What bearing does this have? You tell me. You're asking bullshit, irrelevant questions & wasting everyone's time.

Trump has given us a $39 TRILLION DEBT. The interest on that debt is about $6 billion a day or $15-20 a day for every American citizen. He is costing each citizen an additional $600 a month in interest payments on a debt he created. He is literally bankrupting this country--just like his businesses.

Why does not anybody challenge the actual premise. First Iran was not on a cusp of having a nuclear weapon. Israel saw the opportunity to assassinate Irans leadership and sucked USA into it because of Mr. Gullible. Nuclear weapons are defensive weapons.

Most countries who pursue them is not to attack others but so that large countries like USA or Russia would not attack them. If Ukraine had nuclear weapons you think Russia would invade? Lastly why would Iran cut off vast source of income?? Just to be assholes? They are not USA.

What make me the angriest is my sincere doubt that these people will see ANY form of TRUE accountability. They all deserve to rot in a cell for the rest of their lives for what they've done to our country.

CHU: Do you agree with Trump not caring about Americans' financial situation? Bessent: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? CHU: Can you answer my question? Bessent: Who won the 1961 World Series? CHU: You are dodging my questions Bessent: But I am the pretty pretty princess!!!

“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That’s all.” I mean, sure it's "truncated" but the whole thing isn't any better.

Of course, this was just before he jetted off to China for his "very important" meeting with Xi Jinping, where he was going to get a great deal for the American people, so he was thinking about something other than Iran. And remind me again how that went?

No matter who implements tariffs, it raises the prices and consumers foot the bill. And companies definitely pad the prices for their goods. So he can 🖕🏻 off with that. Woodrow Wilson got the Nobel in 1920 for the League of Nations. Is Bessent trying to say the Board of Peace is on par with that?

You know, Woodrow Wilson had a stroke and they started hiding him as much as possible…is Scott trying to tell us something?Also Woodrow Wilson was racist so this is weird.

This is where we deploy the Concern Attack. "Are you okay, Steve? Should we get someone for you? How many fingers am I holding up?" I leave it to you as to which and how many finger to hold up.

History majors/ war & politics buffs knows it because we read about it all the time-most folks don’t really follow Wilson. Hey Bessent, what weekend was Gettysburg fought & what other other major Union victory happened on the same day? For history folks, easy. But we couldn’t answer a science Q.

You know, when the House & Senate go Blue in November, the Chairpersons need to figuratively bitch slap these obfuscators like Bessent, Blanche, Ranger Pete, RFKrayKray,Jr., Markwayne MMA.

He should at least ask questions about his own past, like who was his love interest in the first 'Herbie' movie, or what was the incantation that turned him into the Shaggy D.A.?

Also: "Bessent: You should tell them we’ve had 2.6% GDP growth since Trump took office." That's not great growth, especially since Trump has said many times that 4% is easy. It's also less than it was in 2024 (2.8%). And at the same point in Biden's term, GDP growth was 4.6%.

Why are people testifying in front of Congress allowed to get away with stuff like this? After Bessent’s first attempt at grandstanding the response should have been: CHU: I ask the questions here. Tell me if you agree with the President or not or you’re being held in contempt of Congress.

What was the point of Bassetts Q, “who was president during WW1”? Then he talks of Iran & nuclear weapons that they didn't have; they did have uranium to build one, but no nuclear weapon. So WW1 Q, they didn't have nukes in WW1, so what was his point?

Woodrow Wilson. What does that have to do with anything? Is he here today? Is Woodrow Wilson blockading The Straight of Hormuz? Is Trump about to create the League of Nations or endorse "Birth of a Nation?"