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Bessent called Lutnick 'an idiot' to his face: Book

Politics The Hill By Tara Suter 23 Jun 2026 14:59 1 min read
Bessent called Lutnick 'an idiot' to his face: Book

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick “an idiot” to his face over a minerals deal with Ukraine, according to a new book from two New York Times journalists. During a Monday episode of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” host Lawrence O’Donnell read off passages from “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick “an idiot” to his face over a minerals deal with Ukraine, according to a new book from two New York Times journalists. During a Monday episode of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” host Lawrence O’Donnell read off passages from “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of...

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