Fox’s Bret Baier Torpedoes Trump Treasury Chief Over $2000 Check Scheme: Won’t That ‘Be Inflationary’

Tommy Christopher Nov 19th, 2025, 9:15 am

Fox News anchor Bret Baier stumped Trump Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent when he asked if President Donald Trump’s promise of $2000 tariff “rebate checks” for Americans would be “inflationary” by his own logic.

Trump has taken a beating from just about every quarter over his trade policies, which have been blamed for a good portion of the price inflation that became the inflection point of this month’s electoral bloodbath.

One of Trump’s responses has been the promise of rebate checks to Americans based on revenue from tariffs that he claims will cover the outlay.

On Tuesday night’s edition of Fox New

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