Treasury’s Bessent On China Trade Deal: No One Does “Strategic Uncertainty” Like Trump
Charlie Kirk Staff
05/08/2025

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent believes that President Donald Trump will get the best deal with China that is possible because he knows how to use “strategic uncertainty.”
He spoke about the ongoing trade and tariff talks when he appeared on the Fox News show “The Ingraham Angle” with host Laura Ingraham.
The host said that she liked the fact that President Trump said it would be “ok” if a deal with China was not reached, but that Wall Street does not.
“Dumping products in the United States, which we know they do as well. One of the things he loves to do, and this is what I like about how President Trump negotiates, he likes to keep everybody guessing until the last possible minute here. And so in this case, I mean, China, again, they said they’re not going to talk unless that 145 percent is off the table, at least temporarily,” the host said.
“President Trump has also said, if it turns out we don’t have a deal, that’s okay. He’s fine with no deal. So that, I like that personally,” Ingraham said.
“I think it’s great and brilliant, but Wall Street, your old friends, hate it. They hate that kind of uncertainty. What do you say to them tonight, given President Trump’s comments about, well, we don’t have a deal? We don’t have a deal. We’ll survive,” she said.
“Well, Laura, it’s called, in game theory, it’s called strategic uncertainty, what you’re talking about. Nobody does it better than President Trump, and it can be unsettling for the markets, but why are they unsettled? Because they have a lack of information,” the Treasury Secretary responded.
“You know, I have, President Trump has, asymmetric information for what he’s willing to do. We don’t disclose it, and again, with President Trump, that the strategic uncertainty will make sure that we get the best deal possible. That’s what’s happening with the trading partners who are coming to us,” he said.