NBC’s Kristen Welker Corners Trump’s Treasury Secretary on $6 Trillion Market Meltdown: Was This ‘The Plan?’

In a tense exchange on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, anchor Kristen Welker pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the economic fallout from President Trump’s new tariffs. Welker specifically questioned Bissent as to whether the White House anticipated the staggering $6 trillion market plunge. Thursday and Friday saw the Dow plunge 1,600 and 2,200 points […]