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Scott Bessent Slams NYT's Bias on Trump, Biden Health

12/4/2025

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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 President Joe Biden's decline.
He called the Times a “fever swamp” and said it was drifting toward irrelevance.
He cited a Times article claiming Trump, 79, was aging, which he dismissed as fabricated.
In response, Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin said Biden concerns warranted similar scrutiny of Trump.

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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 President Joe Biden's decline.
He called the Times a “fever swamp” and said it was drifting toward irrelevance.
He cited a Times article claiming Trump, 79, was aging, which he dismissed as fabricated.
In response, Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin said Biden concerns warranted similar scrutiny of Trump.