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

Bessent announces $XX billion aid for Argentina amid concerns over trade policies and government shutdown. Trump and Milei are set to meet as the US government is set to take control of more companies to counter China.

### 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 mentions hit XXXXX which is XXX% higher than it's daily average.
- bessent creators hit XXXXX which is XXX% higher than it's daily average.
- bessent engagements is up XXXXXX% from the previous month.
- bessent posts created is up XXXXXX% from the previous week.

### Engagements: XXXXXXXXXX [#](/topic/bessent/interactions)
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![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:bessent/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/bessent/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXXXXXXXXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXXXXXXX +51%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXXXXXX +199%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXXXXXXXX -XXXX%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXXXXXXXX +34,746%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXXXXXXX on 2025-02-09  
**1-Year Low**: XXX on 2025-09-13  

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

  
  
### 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/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/bessent/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXXXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXX  
**6 Months**: XXXXXX +43%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXX +22,058%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXX on 2025-04-09  
**1-Year Low**: XX on 2025-08-31  

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

  
  
### 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/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw 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**: XXXXX  
**6 Months**: XXXXXX +23%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXX +14,710%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXX on 2025-04-09  
**1-Year Low**: X on 2024-10-26  

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

| Creator                                                      | Rank | Followers  | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                                      | ---- | ---------  | ----- | ----------- |
| [@unusual_whales](/creator/twitter/unusual_whales)           | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | XX    | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@atrupar](/creator/twitter/atrupar)                         | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | XX    | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@SecScottBessent](/creator/twitter/SecScottBessent)         | X    | XXXXXXX    | XX    | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@MarioNawfal](/creator/twitter/MarioNawfal)                 | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | XX    | XXXXXXX     |
| [@cbsnews](/creator/tiktok/cbsnews)                          | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | X     | XXXXXXX     |
| [@EricLDaugh](/creator/twitter/EricLDaugh)                   | X    | XXXXXXX    | XX    | XXXXXXX     |
| [@DeItaone](/creator/twitter/DeItaone)                       | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | XX    | XXXXXXX     |
| [@Reuters](/creator/twitter/Reuters)                         | X    | XXXXXXXXXX | XX    | XXXXXXX     |
| [@zerohedge](/creator/twitter/zerohedge)                     | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | XX    | XXXXXXX     |
| [@darkinsbreakingnews](/creator/youtube/darkinsbreakingnews) | XX   | XXXXXX     | X     | XXXXXXX     |

[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/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/bessent/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XX%  
**Daily Average**: XX%  
**1 Week**: XX% -XX%  
**1 Month**: XX% -XX%  
**6 Months**: XX% +38%  
**1 Year**: XX% -XX%  
**1-Year High**: XXX% on 2024-11-06  
**1-Year Low**: X% on 2024-10-19  

**Most Supportive Themes**
- **Support for Trade Negotiations and Tariff Policies and Praise for Economic Growth Initiatives and Approval of Bessent's Stance and Leadership:** (64%) Posts support Bessent's efforts in trade negotiations, citing benefits for American workers and businesses, and praise his commitment to economic growth.
  
**Most Critical Themes**
- **Doubts about Economic Policies and Tariff Impact and Criticism of Bessent's Tax Policies:** (12%)  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  | %   |
| ------- | --------  | -   | -------   | -   | --------  | -   |
| Reddit  | XXXXXX    | X%  | XXXXXX    | X%  | XXXXXX    | X%  |
| X       | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | XX% |
| News    | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXX    | X%  |
| TikTok  | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXXXXX | X%  | XXXXXX    | X%  |
| YouTube | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXXXXX | X%  |
|         |           |     |           |     |           |     |
| Total   | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | XX% |
  


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

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[XRP (XRP)](/topic/xrp)

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

[china](/topic/china), [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump), [argentina](/topic/argentina), [tariffs](/topic/tariffs), [united states](/topic/united-states), [trump administration](/topic/trump-administration), [money](/topic/money), [trade war](/topic/trade-war), [investment](/topic/investment), [beijing](/topic/beijing), [shutdown](/topic/shutdown), [trump and](/topic/trump-and), [government shutdown](/topic/government-shutdown), [stocks](/topic/stocks), [tax bracket](/topic/tax-bracket), [$xwp](/topic/$xwp), [india](/topic/india), [coins layer 1](/topic/coins-layer-1), [south korea](/topic/south-korea), [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin), [coins bitcoin ecosystem](/topic/coins-bitcoin-ecosystem), [currency](/topic/currency), [sec](/topic/sec), [debt](/topic/debt), [maga](/topic/maga), [japan](/topic/japan), [treasury secretary](/topic/treasury-secretary), [coins pow](/topic/coins-pow), [white house](/topic/white-house), [$40b](/topic/$40b), [ukraine](/topic/ukraine), [chains](/topic/chains), [federal reserve](/topic/federal-reserve), [korea](/topic/korea), [russia](/topic/russia), [stocks financial services](/topic/stocks-financial-services), [trumps](/topic/trumps), [fed](/topic/fed), [about to](/topic/about-to), [wall street](/topic/wall-street), [$spy](/topic/$spy), [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk), [charlie kirk](/topic/charlie-kirk), [$20b](/topic/$20b), [inflation](/topic/inflation), [has been](/topic/has-been), [surge](/topic/surge), [youtube](/topic/youtube), [government spending](/topic/government-spending), [stocks bitcoin treasuries](/topic/stocks-bitcoin-treasuries), [networks](/topic/networks), [up the](/topic/up-the), [rescue](/topic/rescue), [over the](/topic/over-the), [soros](/topic/soros), [all the](/topic/all-the), [fund manager](/topic/fund-manager), [president donald](/topic/president-donald), [stocks technology](/topic/stocks-technology), [ericldaugh](/topic/ericldaugh), [bloomberg](/topic/bloomberg), [del](/topic/del), [productivity](/topic/productivity), [chaos](/topic/chaos), [breaking news](/topic/breaking-news), [hedge](/topic/hedge), [xi](/topic/xi), [aims](/topic/aims), [drivers](/topic/drivers), [cuts](/topic/cuts), [united states dollar](/topic/united-states-dollar), [coins defi](/topic/coins-defi), [york](/topic/york), [buddy](/topic/buddy), [$15b](/topic/$15b), [signals](/topic/signals), [blackrock](/topic/blackrock), [stakes](/topic/stakes), [stocks consumer cyclical](/topic/stocks-consumer-cyclical), [admin](/topic/admin), [rates](/topic/rates), [gop](/topic/gop), [alternative investments](/topic/alternative-investments), [#trump](/topic/#trump), [stocks banks](/topic/stocks-banks), [rare earth](/topic/rare-earth), [the only](/topic/the-only), [dominance](/topic/dominance), [imf](/topic/imf), [he will](/topic/he-will), [argentine peso](/topic/argentine-peso), [confirms](/topic/confirms), [coins made in usa](/topic/coins-made-in-usa), [jpmorgan chase](/topic/jpmorgan-chase), [lo](/topic/lo), [$qqq](/topic/$qqq), [joe biden](/topic/joe-biden), [deflation](/topic/deflation), [reuters](/topic/reuters), [drops](/topic/drops)

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

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"Thune says ‘time’s right’ for Russia sanctions bill as Trump asks Bessent to pitch Europe on China tariffs"  
[News Link](https://nypost.com/2025/10/16/us-news/thune-says-times-right-for-russia-sanctions-bill-as-trump-asks-bessent-to-pitch-europe-on-china-tariffs/) [@nypost](/creator/x/nypost) 2025-10-16T23:22Z 208.1M followers, XX engagements


"Unsettling White House plans to target its opponents on the left come into sharper focus"  
[News Link](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/unsettling-white-house-plans-target-opponents-left-come-sharper-focus-rcna238045) [@MSNBC](/creator/x/MSNBC) 2025-10-16T21:23Z 208.1M followers, XX engagements


"Market Voices: Bessent China trade barbs; PayPal's stablecoin; cobalt Seeking Alpha"  
[News Link](https://seekingalpha.com/news/4504893-market-voices-bessent-china-trade-barbs-paypals-stablecoin-cobalt) [@SeekingAlpha](/creator/x/SeekingAlpha) 2025-10-16T19:10Z 310.5K followers, 2857 engagements


"U.S. expects Japan to stop buying Russian energy Bessent says - The Japan Times"  
[News Link](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/16/economy/us-japan-russia-energy/) [@japantimes](/creator/x/japantimes) 2025-10-16T17:06Z 470.4K followers, XX engagements



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

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"BREAKING: United States recorded a nearly $XXX billion surplus in September per Scott Bessent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/1978976293170430368) [@LeadingReport](/creator/x/LeadingReport) 2025-10-17T00:08Z 962.4K followers, 297.5K engagements


"HuffPost: Scott Bessent Wants To Wage A Post-9/11-Style War On The American Left During an appearance on "The Charlie Kirk Show" the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury said the killing of Charlie Kirk was "like a domestic 9/11" and made reference to the Treasury Department's role in the War on Terror"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1o8hknb) [@SocialDemocracies](/creator/reddit/SocialDemocracies) 2025-10-17T00:06Z X followers, XXX engagements


"Trump clown suffers psychotic episode live on stage"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pJCY_HaNX3M) [@thedavidpakmanshow](/creator/youtube/thedavidpakmanshow) 2025-10-16T23:45Z 3.4M followers, 120.2K engagements


"U.S. Treasurys Bessent Calls China Trade Negotiator Disrespectful And Unhinged: Nikkei"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/1978959090484175102) [@FirstSquawk](/creator/x/FirstSquawk) 2025-10-16T22:59Z 409K followers, 36.9K engagements