I have to admit, I like what I've seen so far of the ability of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
He has shown himself to be a talented advocate for the president's agenda. I enjoy his dry wit and how he has a habit of cleaning his glasses right before dropping a few facts on Democrats or the media. That should be a "tell" for, "Watch out, a great response is coming!"
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As our sister site Townhall observed, Bessent had a great take about President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week in Alaska, including a hilarious comment on Trump's show of force with the B-2 flyover and a flyover from some of our air power. Bessent also made another point that I don't think I've heard others make. He took it a little bit deeper with CNBC's Joe Kernen, noting the significance of inviting Putin to Alaska.
🚨 JUST IN: Scott Bessent says President Trump inviting Putin to Alaska was "kind of like inviting your uncontrollable neighbor to your house and showing them your gun case."
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 19, 2025
Lmao 😂🔥pic.twitter.com/I8ZxPl07Ru
Alaska was a show of force by President Trump. He invited President Putin to land that the Russians used to own. He displayed a huge amount of military hardware and then did a flyover.
It was kind of like inviting your uncontrollable neighbor to your house and showing him your gun case.
You could hear Kernen laughing his head off in the background, as Bessent continued.
So then, President Zelensky, we had a very good meeting with him and his team in the Oval for about an hour and a half. Then we went and met with the European leaders, who was an incredible group to have in the White House, all led by President Trump.
He said that the culmination of that was a "call with President Putin" and his belief that Putin and Zelensky would be meeting, "That's the only way to end this conflict - get the two sides talking."
That humorous line perfectly encapsulates Trump's moves in this matter. The part that I didn't hear others talking about was the invitation to Alaska and what that meant. Think about it, he's invited him to land that Russia used to own, and then showing some of our might. That's a lesson and a warning - land that once was yours isn't yours anymore. An important reality about Ukraine when working to end the war.
Indeed, Treasury Secretary Bessent was right about Putin, as we now hear that the Russian dictator has agreed to the meeting with Zelensky.
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I suspect Putin got the message that Trump was laying down. Putin knows our power, but sometimes it's good to have a little display of it. And the fact that Putin came and will be meeting with Zelensky sure looks like a big sign that he's ready to talk.
Now they have to see if they can bring a deal home.
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