Trump Treasury head ripped for suggesting fired government staff will work in factories

President Donald Trump's Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, said that any fired government workers can simply find jobs in manufacturing companies that Trump claims his tariffs will create in the U.S.

"We are shedding excess labor in the federal government and bringing down federal borrowing. And then on the other side, that will give us the labor that we need for the new manufacturing" in the U.S., Bessent told fired Fox host Tucker Carlson.

The claim led to quick criticism.