"Bessent shot back: Andrew, there's no new normal, adding that he has stopped reading the paper but that the articles sent his way prove to him the outlet is just this fever swamp. You know, in twenty, thirty, forty, fifty years The New York Times is no longer the paper of record, he predicted. I read this article, like President Trump is slowing down."
"President Trump's mental capacity ' It is a hundred percent fake. Like he only called me twice at two in the morning last week instead of three times. A report by the Times on Friday detailed shorter workdays, fewer public events, and several moments in recent months when Trump appeared to doze off during meetings. The president blasted the article as a hit piece and branded the reporter ugly."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly criticized The New York Times at the DealBook Summit, calling the outlet a "fever swamp" and predicting it will lose its status as the paper of record. He said he stopped reading the paper and labeled a Times report alleging President Trump was slowing down as "hundred percent fake," noting Trump called him twice at 2 a.m. instead of three times. The Times report described shorter workdays, fewer public events, and moments when Trump appeared to doze. Trump denounced the report and insulted the reporter. Bessent also accused the Times of aiding a cover up related to Joe Biden's capacity.
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