Bessent urged Trump to focus more on tariff endgame, Politico reports

In a report out last night, Politico’s Megan Messerly and Sam Sutton write that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had traveled to Florida on Sunday to steer President Trump to focus his messaging on negotiating favorable trade deals or risk the stock market falling further. Citing two people familiar with discussions, Bessent suggested that stocks will remain under pressure unless there is greater emphasis on the endgame with tariffs, which is winning deals with other countries, the report states. The rollout of April 2nd was to create “maximum leverage” over foreign governments, Politico states.