Bessent Jokes About Dueling When Asked About Bill Pulte

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declined to comment on a report about his disagreements with another member of the Trump administration, instead jokingly pointing to a famous duel involving a predecessor and what he cast as a long history of fights at his agency,” Bloomberg reports.

“Bessent was asked whether he is butting heads with Bill Pulte, the top housing finance official for President Donald Trump.”

Said Bessent: “Treasury secretaries dating back to Alexander Hamilton have a history of dueling.”