Bessent's Building a New Empire as Trump & Tucker Squeeze the Dems

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JOIN Axios Fitness Coaching: https://axioscoaching.outgrow.us/axioscoaching-248/5 ASTROLABE LINKS:* (6) Gavin Newsom on X: "Congress is dead. MAGA has a king. Republicans killed the Constitution. If we don’t win in November, democracy in America is over." / X* (19) MythoDoyle on X: ""Congress is dead. MAGA has a king. Republicans killed the Constitution." https://t.co/4VrhQQthlE" / X* (19) A F R Y M on X: "“Congress is dead… …democracy in America is over.” https://t.co/dPCZBS8XAe" / X* (19) Pub on X: "“Congress is dead. MAGA has a king.” https://t.co/8yuTyFE34j" / X* (19) National Revival on X: ""Congress is dead. MAGA has a king. Republicans killed the Constitution." https://t.co/8IkpgvbflS" / X* (19) U.S. Department of Education on X: "We’re putting parents back in the driver’s seat. https://t.co/RuKHXc5eAB" / X* (20) Ole Lehmann on X: "ok this might be the most aggressively american startup i’ve ever seen 🇺🇸 > they’re trying to build nuclear reactors 100x faster than the nuclear industry ever has > the founder isaiah taylor grew up on food stamps + dropped out of high school at 16 > his great-grandfather https://t.co/Lup7mb30Yt" / X* (19) Andrew Côté on X: "The simple fact is that if @TerraformIndies can make hydrogen for * (19) RodeoProfessor on X: "What percentage of Americans know that Trump signed the largest dedicated conservation and public lands investment in a generation? Fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund (~$1b/year) entirely from offshore oil leases (used to be discretionary and haphazard). He also https://t.co/qiH9jyxVBZ" / X* (19) Tom Luongo on X: "But, but, but… there’s no way to fix the budget." / X* (19) Fugitive Caesar on X: "If they keep this going for 2 years, it's going to be big. Low-level Democrats at a local level are going to be too afraid to engage in the election fraud and welfare fraud which their coalition structurally relies upon to stay competitive on a national level." / X* (20) TaxedBrass on X: "Israeli Right: "We're going to feed Muslims to crocodiles!" Israeli Left: "You're HEARTLESS! That's ANIMAL ABUSE!" https://t.co/tUPM9ab0Uh" / X* (19) captive dreamer on X: "Lmao" / X* (19) Acyn on X: "A notepad in front of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent reads "To Do Buy Japanese Yen $5-10 bil" as he participates in a cabinet meeting at Camp David. The note, photographed at 11:33 EDT, came after Reuters earlier reported the Treasury had put banks on alert for a https://t.co/EEsEATHXGK" / X* (19) RedWave Press on X: "CNBC’s Joe Kernen: “You’re a sly dog when you wrote that down [during the cabinet meeting on Friday] buy $5-10B in [Japanese Yen]’ and the printing looked so big. You’ve done this before… Did you need to be reminded?” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “I just wanted to make https://t.co/PvreC7S8B0" / X* (20) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on X: "The framework for the U.S.-Japan alliance begins with the strong relationship between @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and Prime Minister @takaichi_sanae. We've been in close contact with our Japanese allies, and they are making serious efforts to address the substantial undervaluation https://t.co/87fSbwgt0H" / X* (20) James E. Thorne on X: "Bessent Remembers 1998 Scott Bessent was in the room where it happened. In 2026, as Treasury secretary, he helped direct a joint U.S.-Japan intervention to support the yen after it plunged to a 40-year low, with Treasury signaling banks to stand ready and using the New York Fed" / X* (20) Bloomberg on X: "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s call for the Fed to boost a facility that Japan can use to support its currency has put renewed attention on the ties between the two institutions, which typically operate at arm’s length https://t.co/8elqGvP6WQ" / X* Bessent Seeks Fed Help in Defending Yen in Unusual Call - Bloomberg* (20) James E. Thorne on X: "Bessent Is Not Reacting. He Is Forcing Bretton Woods 2.0, and getting out in front. Bessent is emerging as the most consequential Treasury Secretary since Alexander Hamilton and much of the policy establishment still does not see it. This is not a random turn in markets. It is" / X* (20) VincentScott on X: "Remember how I said they are rewarding true allies by allowing them to dump treasuries to accrue US securities AND assets This is what this looks like in practice They just got done dumping treasuries Now they are buying Gold first time since GFC" / X* Trump Just Did This... And the Euro Crumbled - YouTube* (20) Kirill Dmitriev on X: "A surprising Truth from @FT on the EU’s migration hypocrisy as the blame game begins. EU/UK bureaucrats and legacy media ignored warnings of Western civilization’s destruction and pursued SUICIDAL MIGRATION POLICIES, only to have Ceuta images expose their EVIL nature. https://t.co/xwTSZ4bJSZ" / X* (20) FactPost on X: "Sean Hannity: Do you believe that, in 5-6 years, there won't be any need to save for retirement because of the abundance AI will create? Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: I do. https://t.co/Tzf4OCC6Bq" / X Get full access to Kingpilled at kingpilled.substack.com/subscribe