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Treasury Secretary Optimistic After Supreme Court’s Tariffs Hearing

Bessent said he is confident the high court will reverse a ruling that declared Trump’s global duties illegal.
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Treasury Secretary Optimistic After Supreme Court’s Tariffs Hearing
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outside the West Wing of the White House on Nov. 5, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP
Kimberly Hayek
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Nov. 5 that he is “very, very optimistic” after a Supreme Court hearing on the legality of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs.

During an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow” program, Bessent said he believed plaintiffs had “almost embarrassed themselves” while challenging Trump’s use of a 1977 law to defend his tariffs.

Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.