Scott Bessent Breaks Down How Trump's Economy Works for the Everyday American - 09/09/26

Good evening. It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Texas, and it's a privilege a privilege to stand among tens of thousands of patriots who believe as deeply as I do in the future America under its 47th president.

We meet tonight at a defining moment in the history of our republic. 250 years ago, our founders could scarcely have imagined the country their courage would make possible. They would have marveled at the economy we have built and the technologies we have invented. They would have been amazed at the prosperity we have unleashed and the

power we have attained. But they would have recognized the spirit that runs through us still, the conviction that a free people answer to no power but their own. That spirit transformed a small republic on the edge of a continent into the envy of the world. And tonight it summons us to honor the

inheritance of our first 250 years by meeting the obligations of the next. Our obligation begins by making this country work again for the very people who sustain it. We know how hard you work every day for your families, and I can tell you no one works harder for you, no one fights harder for you, and no

president has asked his team and of himself to put American families back at the center of the American economy than Donald J. Trump.

In 15 short months, we've gone from auto pen to overdrive. From a president who couldn't stay awake to a president who refuses to sleep. Across this country, President Trump's policies are reaching the very people they were designed to serve. He signed the largest tax cuts in history, rebalanced trade in favor of our working