Scott Bessent Blames Biden for ‘Inherited’ Affordability Crisis – Seconds After Dismissing It as a ‘Con Job’

David Gilmour Nov 11th, 2025, 12:36 pm

co-host Willie Geist grilled Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he appeared to struggle to settle on a message about claims of an affordability crisis Tuesday – dismissing voter concerns about living costs as a media “con job” before later blaming former President Joe Biden for an “inherited affordability crisis.”

During Bessent’s sit-down on MSNBC, Geist began his line of questioning by rolling back a clip of President Donald Trump’s Monday interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham in which he claimed the perception of inflation is a “con job” being pushed by the media, which is being fed the line by Democrats.

As the clip

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