Trump’s Treasury Secretary Thinks It’s Good That the Economy Is Bad

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants you to think that a weak job market is a good thing. CNBC’s Sara Eisen asked Bessent to comment on recent signs that the job market was cracking. Bessent downplayed the “noisy” numbers suggesting the job market was not stable. “The jobs that we’re seeing are going to Americans,” Bessent. “After the deportations that we’ve seen during the President Trump…