EXCERPT:
BESSENT: "Well, it’s not a fair assessment of what happened over the weekend. I went down to see President Trump, as I do many weekends, and, you know, I can tell you it’s all President Trump’s decision. And he had a view on — after liberation day that we should go into quiet mode and let our partners think about kind of the shock and awe that he presented. And over those following few days, from April 2nd, we had the — I think we’re up to 70 countries contact the White House for how to come and negotiate. So, you know, I would say that the negotiations are the result of the massive inflow of inbound calls to come and negotiate. It had nothing to do with the market."