Scott Bessent resorted to unusual metaphors to defend Donald Trump’s floundering tariffs.

The Treasury Secretary offered up his last-ditch defense on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday while discussing the administration’s decision to roll back tariffs on certain food products.

When journalist Kristen Welker asked Bessent, 63, “Isn’t the fact that you’re rolling back tariffs an admission that they ultimately do drive up prices?” he quickly interjected: “Kristen, how much does your arm weigh?”

The journalist chuckled, replying: “I do not know, exactly.”

“But you know how much you weigh, and you get on the scale every morning,” Bessent continued. “Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything so we are trying to push down the things we can control.”

Rather than answer Welker’s ques

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