The David Lin Report · Monday, June 29, 2026
The discussion references a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Scott Bessant suggesting that Trump's geopolitics, inspired by Alexander Hamilton, views US Treasuries as a tool of statecraft. This signifies a potential shift in how these financial instruments are wielded.
“Scott Bessant just published an interesting op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal this week. I don't know if you saw that, but uh saying Trump's uh you know um geopolitics I guess is uh inspired by Alexander Hamilton and it was very much about treasuries as state craft, right?”
“that this is a this is a tool in the United States's arsenal that is uh going to be um you know wielded in a different way than it has been over the past 50 years.”