Bessent: Trump Inviting Putin To Alaska Was Like Showing Your Out-Of-Control Neighbor Your Gun Case
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered this line in response to criticism of President Trump inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to U.S. territory: “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.” “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,” Bessent told CNBC on Tuesday morning.
TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT: Let’s go all the way back to Friday because I want to set the record straight on what went on in Alaska. 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. 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, it was an incredible group to have in the White House, all led by President Trump. And yes, the culmination of that was a call with President Putin, and my strong belief is that there will be a bilateral meeting between President Putin and President Zelinsky. That’s the only way to end this conflict-get the two sides talking.
