Scott Bessent: American Economic Statecraft in the 21st Century

At The Economic Club of New York’s America 250 Gala Dinner, the Treasury Secretary lays out a vision for the disciplined global use of America’s economic power in service of our sovereignty.

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NOTE: Maybe an hour after I put the finishing touches on the manuscript for my Trump’s New World Re-Order (in bookstores soon!), the best Treasury Secretary of our lifetimes delivered this address to The Economic Club of New York.

Read every word. It is a masterpiece. It is also exactly the “world re-ordering” I have been advocating and describing as it takes shape. The New Dealers created the postwar order we’ve lived under since the mid-20th century. This is at least the economic portion of the order of the rest of the 21st. — RDM

by Scott Bessent
June 23, 2026

Thank you for the invitation to be here on this wonderful occasion.

As a long-time member of the Economic Club of New York, I know that it occupies a place of great significance in our nation’s discourse. For generations, few institutions have done more to shape how we confront the defining questions of the day. And yet, across all those years, tonight’s g…