Scott Bessent spoke with Japanese reporters on August 1st, revealing details about his professional history, including his past work for George Soros.

The entities involved

• Scott Bessent →

  United States Secretary of the Treasury

  • Donald Trump and Scott Bessent commented on the budget, monitoring fiscal health and policy levers during the presidential tenure.Mon 16:08
  • Scott Bessent hosted G20 finance ministers in Asheville, where he announced sanctions on Iran and pressured the G20 to cut off Iran's lifelines.Mon 15:30
• George Soros →

  Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

  • George Soros's strategy is reported to be targeting judicial institutions.Sun 00:22
  • George Soros and Donald Sussman are allegedly funding a ProPublica investigation.Sat 13:01
• Japanese →

  language spoken in East Asia

  • The US needed to conserve resources, leading to state action in Illinois. This action was complicated by Japanese actions that disrupted US rubber supply routes.Mon 12:12
  • Niterra Co., Ltd., a company, has been identified as a Japanese manufacturer.Sun 19:11

Related events

• Scott Bessent attempts a currency intervention to prop up the yen, applying lessons from the UK's Black Wednesday experience.Aug 17
• A report from the Center for American Progress listed George Soros as an alleged endorser.Sep 7