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Days into the Trump presidency and just nine days after his swearing in,
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant sat down with me inside the historic Cash room at the U.S. treasury Department.
I'll turn it over to my colleague Celaya Mohsen,
who is live at the Treasury Department with the new Secretary, Scott Bessant.
Soleayah thank you, Kayleigh.
I'm here with U.S. treasury Secretary Scott.
Bessant in Washington in his first days on the job.
I wanted to ask him about the topics in his purview dominating the headlines like Elon Musk's DOGE efforts and tariffs,
and about his plans for taxes and debt management.
Across the conversation,
Besant presented himself and his department as a source of stability for global markets,
for businesses and for American taxpayers.
People shouldn't be concerned that at treasury we move deliberately and we fix things.
That's the way we work.
So everyone should know that all the payments are going to be made,
they're going to be in good order,
and at the end of this review, there are going to be substantial savings for the American taxpayer.
This is the big take D.C. from Bloomberg News.
I'm Salea Mohsen, and today on the show,