According to SkyBridge Capital’s Troy Bessent, the pressure from President Trump’s administration pushed negotiations forward, ultimately leading to a resolution that kept TikTok operational in the U.S. The looming shutdown created urgency and leverage, which Bessent says was key to delivering the outcome.
It’s shaping up to be a
strategic win for the U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said this move “disabused” Chinese negotiators of the idea that they could demand major concessions. That’s a clear example of
hardball diplomacy yielding results by TRUMP...
The agreement also helped stabilize broader U.S.–China trade talks
TRUMP getting things done...We are living through a moment that history will remember—not as a comeback, but as a reawakening. Under President Donald J. Trump, America is getting back on track—we’re setting the pace for the world.
Bessent Says Trump’s Threat of TikTok Shutdown Delivered Deal
So, let's recap the Ignorance here...shall we.
BV posted...Only the zealously stupid, like zeet and a few other local dim lights, believe that 1.87 has any meaning beyond the symbolic.
Supply/Demand stooges who believe POTUS can control oil prices.........
Then he posted....
Grifty was the entire reason gas went to 4.50 this year.