Cabinet Secretary Worth $600M Roasted for Claiming to Be a Farmer

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Scott Bessent—worth an estimated $600 million according to Forbes—wasn’t well-received when he identified himself as a fellow soybean farmer suffering under China’s boycott. The Secretary of the Treasury appeared on This Week Sunday, and spoke to host Martha Raddatz about the U.S. relationship with China alongside the impacts of tariffs, and shared that he related with the struggles of the working man more than people realized. Talking about how President Trump has stated his wish to see “our farmers to be taken care of,“ Raddatz added: “China has been boycotting American soybeans and American farmers have really suffered.” She asked:...