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# ![Bessent Graphic](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/t:bessent.png) Bessent

Elon Musk brands Treasury Secretary Bessent a 'Soros stooge' and trade deal announcements are expected in the next XX hours. Trump is considering replacing Jerome Powell with Bessent as Fed Chair.

### About Bessent
This topic focuses on Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, and covers his involvement in economic policies, trade negotiations, and related news.  

### Insights [#](/topic/bessent/insights)
- bessent sentiment is up XXXXX% from the previous week.

### Engagements: XXXXXXXXX [#](/topic/bessent/interactions)
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![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:bessent/c:line/m:interactions.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Chart Data](/topic/bessent/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXXXXXXXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXXXXXX -XX%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXXXXXX -XX%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXXXXXXXX +665%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXXXXXXXX +86,841%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXXXXXXX on 2025-02-09  
**1-Year Low**: X on 2025-07-01  

| Social Network | YouTube | X         | Reddit | TikTok | News    |
| -------------- | ------- | -         | ------ | ------ | ----    |
| Engagements    | XXXXXXX | XXXXXXXXX | XXX    | XXXXXX | XXXXXXX |
  

  
  
### Mentions: XXXXX [#](/topic/bessent/posts_active)
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![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:bessent/c:line/m:posts_active.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Chart Data](/topic/bessent/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXXXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXX -XX%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXX +21%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXX +491%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXX +30,938%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXX on 2025-04-09  
**1-Year Low**: X on 2024-07-24  

| Social Network | YouTube | X     | Reddit | TikTok | News |
| -------------- | ------- | -     | ------ | ------ | ---- |
| Mentions       | XXX     | XXXXX | XXX    | XXX    | XX   |
  

  
  
### Creators: XXXXX [#](/topic/bessent/contributors_active)
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![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:bessent/c:line/m:contributors_active.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Chart Data](/topic/bessent/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
XXXXX unique social accounts have posts mentioning Bessent in the last XX hours which is up XX% from XXXXX in the previous XX hours
**Daily Average**: XXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXX -XX%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXX +20%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXX +347%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXX +21,392%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXX on 2025-04-09  
**1-Year Low**: X on 2024-07-24  

The most influential creators that mention Bessent in the last XX hours

| Creator                                              | Rank | Followers  | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                              | ---- | ---------  | ----- | ----------- |
| [@EricLDaugh](/creator/twitter/EricLDaugh)           | X    | XXXXXXX    | X     | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@WatcherGuru](/creator/twitter/WatcherGuru)         | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | X     | XXXXXXX     |
| [@SecScottBessent](/creator/twitter/SecScottBessent) | X    | XXXXXXX    | XX    | XXXXXXX     |
| [@zerohedge](/creator/twitter/zerohedge)             | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | X     | XXXXXXX     |
| [@unusual_whales](/creator/twitter/unusual_whales)   | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | X     | XXXXXXX     |
| [@Reuters](/creator/twitter/Reuters)                 | X    | XXXXXXXXXX | X     | XXXXXXX     |
| [@Crypto_Briefing](/creator/twitter/Crypto_Briefing) | X    | XXXXXX     | X     | XXXXXXX     |
| [@markets](/creator/youtube/markets)                 | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | X     | XXXXXXX     |
| [@NickTimiraos](/creator/twitter/NickTimiraos)       | X    | XXXXXXX    | X     | XXXXXX      |
| [@_Crypto_Barbie](/creator/twitter/_Crypto_Barbie)   | XX   | XXXXXXX    | X     | XXXXXX      |

[View More](/list/creators/bessent/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: XX% [#](/topic/bessent/sentiment)
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![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:bessent/c:line/m:sentiment.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Chart Data](/topic/bessent/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XX%  
**Daily Average**: XX%  
**1 Week**: XX% +11%  
**1 Month**: XX% -X%  
**6 Months**: XX% -X%  
**1 Year**: XX% -X%  
**1-Year High**: XXX% on 2024-07-24  
**1-Year Low**: X% on 2024-08-03  

**Most Supportive Themes**
- **Support for Trade Negotiations and Tariff Policies and Praise for Economic Growth Initiatives and Approval of Bessent's Stance and Leadership:** (21%) Posts support Bessent's efforts in trade negotiations, citing benefits for American workers and businesses, and praise his commitment to economic growth through tax cuts, deregulation, and incentivizing domestic manufacturing.
  
**Most Critical Themes**
- **Doubts about Economic Policies and Tariff Impact and Criticism of Bessent's Tax Policies:** (67%)  Posts express doubts about economic policies, tariff impacts, and the effect of Bessent's policies and tax policies, claiming they will lead to inflation.
  
Network engagement breakdown:  
| Network | Positive  | %   | Neutral   | %   | Negative | %  |
| ------- | --------  | -   | -------   | -   | -------- | -  |
| YouTube | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXX   | X% |
| X       | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXX  | X% |
| Reddit  | XX        | X%  | XXX       | X%  | XX       | X% |
| TikTok  | XXXXXX    | X%  | XXXXXX    | X%  | XXXXXX   | X% |
| News    | XXXXXX    | X%  | XXXXX     | X%  | XXXXX    | X% |
|         |           |     |           |     |          |    |
| Total   | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXX  | X% |
  


**Top assets mentioned**
In the posts about Bessent in the last XX hours

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**Top topics mentioned**
In the posts about Bessent in the last XX hours

[donald trump](/topic/donald-trump), [treasury secretary](/topic/treasury-secretary), [fed](/topic/fed), [tariffs](/topic/tariffs), [powell](/topic/powell), [fed chair](/topic/fed-chair), [jerome powell](/topic/jerome-powell), [federal reserve](/topic/federal-reserve), [trumps](/topic/trumps), [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk), [inflation](/topic/inflation), [scott bessent](/topic/scott-bessent), [united states](/topic/united-states), [bloomberg](/topic/bloomberg), [china](/topic/china), [money](/topic/money), [sec](/topic/sec), [tax bracket](/topic/tax-bracket), [coins layer 1](/topic/coins-layer-1), [wall street](/topic/wall-street), [government spending](/topic/government-spending), [#trump](/topic/#trump), [coins pow](/topic/coins-pow), [white house](/topic/white-house), [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin), [coins bitcoin ecosystem](/topic/coins-bitcoin-ecosystem), [debt](/topic/debt), [japan](/topic/japan), [breaking news](/topic/breaking-news), [underway](/topic/underway), [stocks](/topic/stocks), [stocks technology](/topic/stocks-technology), [stablecoins](/topic/stablecoins), [told](/topic/told), [happened](/topic/happened), [investment](/topic/investment), [coins stablecoin](/topic/coins-stablecoin), [stocks financial services](/topic/stocks-financial-services), [budgeting](/topic/budgeting), [cnbc](/topic/cnbc), [coins made in usa](/topic/coins-made-in-usa), [coins defi](/topic/coins-defi), [coins ai](/topic/coins-ai), [maga](/topic/maga), [#bitcoin](/topic/#bitcoin), [rep](/topic/rep), [fed rate](/topic/fed-rate), [united states dollar](/topic/united-states-dollar), [potus](/topic/potus), [stocks bitcoin treasuries](/topic/stocks-bitcoin-treasuries), [$300b](/topic/$300b), [#crypto](/topic/#crypto), [ethereum](/topic/ethereum), [pam bondi](/topic/pam-bondi), [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister), [coins solana ecosystem](/topic/coins-solana-ecosystem), [trade war](/topic/trade-war), [$nvda](/topic/$nvda), [jd vance](/topic/jd-vance), [ukraine](/topic/ukraine), [currency](/topic/currency), [stocks consumer cyclical](/topic/stocks-consumer-cyclical), [fox news](/topic/fox-news), [spy](/topic/spy), [jeffrey epstein](/topic/jeffrey-epstein), [pam](/topic/pam), [$spy](/topic/$spy), [gonna](/topic/gonna), [developing economies](/topic/developing-economies), [coins bsc](/topic/coins-bsc), [youtube](/topic/youtube), [tesla](/topic/tesla), [realdonaldtrump](/topic/realdonaldtrump), [#xrp](/topic/#xrp), [$316b](/topic/$316b), [fund manager](/topic/fund-manager), [currencies](/topic/currencies), [bondi](/topic/bondi), [london](/topic/london), [russia](/topic/russia), [rfk](/topic/rfk), [joe biden](/topic/joe-biden), [doug burgum](/topic/doug-burgum), [stocks banks](/topic/stocks-banks), [jerome](/topic/jerome), [coins meme](/topic/coins-meme), [sen](/topic/sen), [tokyo](/topic/tokyo), [$qqq](/topic/$qqq), [coins real world assets](/topic/coins-real-world-assets), [canada](/topic/canada), [india](/topic/india), [coins inj](/topic/coins-inj), [coins pos](/topic/coins-pos), [south africa](/topic/south-africa), [#fyp](/topic/#fyp), [black eye](/topic/black-eye), [coins energy](/topic/coins-energy), [fixed income](/topic/fixed-income), [bank of](/topic/bank-of)

### Top News [#](/topic/bessent/news)
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Top news links shared on social in the last XX hours  

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""Formal process" underway to name Fed Chair successor Bessent says Fox Business"  
[@FoxBusiness](/creator/x/FoxBusiness) on [X](/post/news/foxbusiness.com-1945418844) 2025-07-16 13:06:29 UTC 892.1K followers, XX engagements


"Scott Bessent: 'Formal process' to find Jerome Powell's successor has started"  
[@nypost](/creator/x/nypost) on [X](/post/news/nypost.com-1609288841) 2025-07-16 11:34:01 UTC 208.1M followers, XX engagements


"Scott Bessent confirms moves to replace Jerome Powell are under way: Theres a formal process thats already starting"  
[@YahooFinance](/creator/x/YahooFinance) on [X](/post/news/finance.yahoo.com-490837891) 2025-07-16 09:03:55 UTC 208.1M followers, XX engagements


"Scott Bessent confirms moves to replace Jerome Powell are under way: 'Theres a formal process thats already starting' Fortune"  
[@FortuneMagazine](/creator/x/FortuneMagazine) on [X](/post/news/fortune.com-2177856065) 2025-07-15 17:17:50 UTC 19.3M followers, 1915 engagements



### Top Social Posts [#](/topic/bessent/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

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"*SCOTT BESSENT: FORMAL PROCESS TO REPLACE FED CHAIR POWELL UNDERWAY"  
[@Investingcom](/creator/x/Investingcom) on [X](/post/tweet/1945490872188948543) 2025-07-16 14:29:04 UTC 1.3M followers, 121.4K engagements


"Scott Bessent: Formal Process to Replace Fed Chair Powell Underway Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that the White House has initiated a formal process to select a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell whose current term ends in May 2026 and reiterated that Powell wont be fired prematurely"  
[@TheOptionsPlug](/creator/x/TheOptionsPlug) on [X](/post/tweet/1945487871785476289) 2025-07-16 14:17:08 UTC 11.7K followers, XXX engagements


"'He's An Option.': Trump Discusses Possibility Of Replacing Powell With Bessent As Fed Chair"  
[@forbesbreakingnews](/creator/youtube/forbesbreakingnews) on [YouTube](/post/youtube-video/vLwPEllIm48) 2025-07-16 14:15:12 UTC 5.2M followers, 29.8K engagements


"SCOTT BESSENT CONFIRMS MOVES TO REPLACE JEROME POWELL ARE UNDER WAY: THERES A FORMAL PROCESS THATS ALREADY STARTING (Fortune) Scott Bessent confirms moves to replace Jerome Powell are under way: Theres a formal process thats already starting The search for the next leader of the worlds most influential central bank is officially under way Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Bloomberg on Tuesday. Theres a formal process thats already starting he said when asked about efforts to find Jerome Powells replacement as Federal Reserve chair. Powells term expires in 2026. In the first public"  
[@Fxhedgers](/creator/x/Fxhedgers) on [X](/post/tweet/1945485822431576320) 2025-07-16 14:09:00 UTC 447.6K followers, 40.7K engagements