Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leaned into President Trump’s doll analogy in remarks about financial uncertainty on Tuesday, arguing {that a} younger woman with much less dolls this Christmas might have a greater life than the era earlier than her.

Bessent, in an look on Fox Information Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” defended Trump’s current suggestion that the U.S. wants a cultural shift on shopper spending. He argued that due to the rising price of products as a consequence of Trump’s sweeping tariffs, kids within the U.S. might have an improved life in the long run, a refined dig at overconsumption.

“This reporter behind me was quite snarky the other day when President Trump talked about the girl having two dolls and he said, well, what — the president didn’t take the question, but he said, what would you tell that girl?” Bessent mentioned throughout the interview.

He added, “And I said, ‘I would tell that young girl that you will have a better life than your parents, that you and your family, thanks to President Trump, can now be confident again that you will have a better life than your parents which working class Americans had abandoned that idea. Your family will own a home. You will be able to… advance. You will have a good education you will have economic freedom.’”

Trump and high officers in current days have modified their tune on the economic system, suggesting People can purchase much less and can most likely pay extra because of the tariffs.

Fox Information’s Laura Ingraham referred to as reporting that toys will likely be restricted across the holidays “fear-mongering” and questioned Bessent in regards to the political and shopper strain about fears of rising costs within the wake of Trump’s commerce warfare.

“We are going to stick to our guns, but again, the U.S. and China have shared interest. They are the deficit country though. They sell us about four times more than we sell them, so it would be felt harder in China,” the Treasury chief mentioned. “But we don’t want a decoupling. We don’t want a decoupling.”

His feedback come after the Trump administration imposed a ten p.c baseline tariff on practically all overseas imports. The president has paused a majority of upper reciprocal import taxes, apart from China, which at present faces as 145 p.c tariff on items coming into the U.S.

The administration is at present negotiating commerce offers — together with rumors of pending talks with Chinese language officers — however none have been introduced.

Trump on Tuesday although downplayed the necessity for offers with overseas buying and selling companions, a transfer that Bessent defended within the interview.

“President Trump has uneven info for what he is prepared to do,” he told Fox News. “We do not disclose it.”

“And again with President Trump… the strategic uncertainty will make sure that we get the best deal possible,” the Treasury secretary continued. “That’s what’s happening with the trading partners who are coming to us.”