Inside Bret's Exclusive Department Tours On Capitol Hill

The Bret Baier Podcast

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🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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President Trump has hit the ground running with executive orders, making it clear that strengthening economic and energy policy is one of his top priorities. To get an inside look into how Capitol Hill is adjusting to the Trump Administration, Bret was given exclusive looks into both the Treasury Department & Interior Department. Bret shares his discussions with both Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who spoke about the new Administration's efforts to reduce government spending and end the Russia-Ukraine War, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who outlined how his Department is looking to unleash American energy production, build new pipelines, and improve infrastructure across the country. Follow Bret on X: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fox News Podcasts Presents the Brett Bear Podcasts with Fox News Chief Political Anchor, Brett Bear.
0:16.7	We take an exclusive look inside the Treasury Department.
0:20.1	If it really is all about the money, then this is ground zero for the second Trump administration.
0:25.6	Joining us now, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson.
0:28.6	Mr. Treasury Secretary, thank you for having us.
0:31.6	Great, good to see you.
0:32.6	This is quite a room.
0:33.6	It's quite a room, quite a building.
0:35.6	Yeah.
0:36.6	You recently traveled to Ukraine.
0:38.4	You met with President Zelensky.
0:40.0	What's your take about where things stand as this all gets underway in Saudi Arabia?
0:44.7	Well, Brett, I think this is all part of President Trump is doing exactly what he said during the campaign.
0:52.3	And one of the things that he said was he would see a quick end to this Russia-Ukraine conflict.
0:59.0	And he has shared with his cabinet his plan for ending this.
1:03.0	And I tell you, it is as an elegant plan as I've ever seen.
1:08.0	Part of my trip was to go and tell the Ukrainian people that we wanted an
1:15.1	economic partnership with them. So President Trump's vision is bring the Ukrainian people and
1:23.2	the American people closer together economically, show the Ukrainian people that we support them,
1:28.8	show the American people that the money that has gone to Ukraine, that there is going to be a
1:34.7	return, that there's going to be a long-term partnership.
1:37.6	And once that's done, he will be able to go to President Putin and negotiate with him
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