Scott Bessent
Secretary of the Treasury
executive
Still SeatedScott Bessent is the Secretary of the Treasury and a veteran investor and hedge fund manager with deep ties to global finance. He now leads the Treasury Department, putting him at the center of tax policy, markets, debt management, and the administration’s economic agenda. In theory that means sober fiscal stewardship; in practice it means helping translate Trump-world economics into something that can survive contact with bond markets, tariff threats, and political theatrics. On Yeeted or Seated, Bessent looks like the guy brought in to reassure Wall Street while the rest of the operation keeps kicking the furniture.