During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Democratic lawmakers’ video message to military members about illegal orders “helps our enemies.”

Host Kristen Welker said, “Let me ask you about another topic this week that got a lot of attention. Six congressional Democrats released a video with a message to service members and intelligence officials.”

She asked, “President Trump accused these lawmakers of, quote, seditious behavior punishable by death. Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said that every order President Trump gives is lawful. Are you confident that every order that President Trump gives his lawful?”

Bessent said, “Kristen, what I am confident of is this is a display of gross negligence here that there are 2.1 million service

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