Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the economy is seeing peace dividends as a result of President Donald Trump ‘s peace deals, noting “if something happens down in Venezuela,” oil prices could lower.

Bessent made the comments Thursday evening when talking about his confidence in job growth and economic momentum in an appearance on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle .

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“The peace deals — we are seeing a peace dividend from that. And I think there’s a very good chance that if something happens with Russia, Ukraine, if something happens down in Venezuela, that we could really see oil prices go

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