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- Scott Bessent criticized the New York Times at the DealBook Summit for biased coverage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s health and for neglecting Joe Biden’s decline.
- He said the Times is becoming irrelevant and labeled its reporting as "fake."
- Bessent cited a Times article describing Trump, 79, as aging and argued it misrepresents his active engagement in cabinet meetings.
- In response, Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin suggested that concerns about Biden warranted scrutiny of Trump as well.
