by Charlton Allen, American Thinker:
In an era of vacuous soundbites and elitist groupthink, it is rare—almost disorienting—to hear a Treasury Secretary speak plainly about the real America—outside the bounds of Wall Street.
But last week, in an unvarnished interview with Tucker Carlson, Treasury Secretary Bessent did just that. And in doing so, he crystallized the emerging Trump economic doctrine—one rooted not in technocratic abstractions or investor panic but in the lived experiences of working Americans.