{"id":8665,"date":"2026-08-14T11:26:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/is-scott-bessent-around-just-to-gaslight-the-public\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T11:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:26:45","slug":"is-scott-bessent-around-just-to-gaslight-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/is-scott-bessent-around-just-to-gaslight-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Scott Bessent Around Just To Gaslight the Public?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bUvN8f_Cwhc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has made a string of bold economic claims this year \u2014 declaring the &quot;K-shaped economy is over,&quot; citing a lower federal deficit than the CBO projects, and claiming grocery prices are falling. Economists at Moody&#8217;s, the Atlanta Fed, and elsewhere say the data tells a different story.<\/p>\n<p>Join us LIVE as we break down:<br \/>\n&#8211; His &quot;C-shaped economy&quot; claim and why economists are pushing back<br \/>\n&#8211; The unreconciled gap between his deficit figures and the CBO&#8217;s<br \/>\n&#8211; His real-time grocery prices fact-check<br \/>\n&#8211; Sen. Elizabeth Warren&#8217;s confrontation over affordability claims<br \/>\n&#8211; Whether this is spin, genuine belief, or something more deliberate \u2014 we want to hear what YOU think<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 LIVE NOW \u2014 join the chat and share your take.<\/p>\n<p>#ScottBessent #Economy #FactCheck #Treasury #USPolitics #LiveStream<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has made a string of bold economic claims this year \u2014 declaring the &quot;K-shaped<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-156.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}