Bessent dodges questions about tariff refunds

The Hill · Feb 22, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday dodged questions about refunds after the Supreme Court struck a vast majority of President Trump’s tariffs down. “I do want to start with the big question, will you refund the roughly $134 billion in revenue taken by these emergency tariffs?” CNN’s Dana Bash asked Bessent on “State of the...

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Trump suggests he won’t refund tariffs after Supreme Court ruling
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