Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent says he's 'not at all' worried amid a stock market selloff

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

29% : Trump has vacillated on tariffs with Canada and Mexico, two of the U.S.'s closest trading partners, while threatening steep tariffs on other U.S. allies like the European Union.
27% : " Trump had previously declined to rule out a recession and acknowledged that Americans may feel some level of economic pain in response to his policies.
25% : " Trump later appeared to backtrack his recession comments, saying last week that he did not "see it at all," when asked again whether there could be a recession.
23% : "I hate to predict things like that," Trump said in a Fox News interview this month when asked whether he was expecting a recession this year.
22% : Stock market indexes have dipped repeatedly after Trump has threatened or enacted tariffs, but Trump said last week that the stock market selloff did not concern him, noting he was "very optimistic about the country.

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