Bessent’s feud with Democrats escalates as shutdown standoff continues

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s feud with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has escalated once more as politicians battle over the federal government shutdown.

The feud stems from a letter signed by Warren, Klobuchar and 19 different Democrats accusing the Trump administration of prioritizing Argentina’s pursuits “over the wants of American farmers and rural communities” and inflating a proposed $20 billion foreign money swap with Buenos Aires, which Democrats say would help American opponents and worsen the struggles of American farmers.

“Slightly than prioritizing American farmers and rural communities, the administration has doubled help to Argentina as household farmers are working out of time and can’t proceed to tolerate short-sighted worldwide actions in lieu of long-term commerce stability,” the lawmakers wrote. “We urge you to right away rethink additional help to Argentina and as an alternative concentrate on restoring and increasing long-term export market entry for American farmers.”

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s feud with Democrats, particularly Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., proceed to escalate amid the standoff over the federal government shutdown. (Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters; Annabelle Gordon/Reuters; Kylie Cooper/Reuters/Reuters)

In his newest jab at Klobuchar, Bessent mentioned the shutdown would finish if she and Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., “finish your rant” and vote for a unbroken decision.

“The shutdown will finish while you and Senator Schumer end your tantrum and vote for the clear, nonpartisan funding invoice. It is time so that you can be a hero, be a part of your sane, average colleagues and let tens of millions of American households sit facet by facet across the Thanksgiving desk,” Bessent wrote in an X-post Friday morning.

Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks alongside Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., throughout a information convention to advertise SNAP (Supplemental Diet Help Program) and WIC (Particular Supplemental Diet Program for Girls, Infants, and Ch (Kylie Cooper/Reuters/Reuters)

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On Wednesday, Bessent labeled Warren and Klobuchar “failures” whose staffers ought to “cease writing incoherent letters” to him and as an alternative concentrate on reopening the federal government.

In a blistering assertion that referenced President Donald Trump’s journey to Asia and Argentina’s financial turnaround, Bessent accused senators of opposing “financial freedom” overseas and harming American farmers at dwelling.

“@SenWarren and @SenAmyKlobuchar: you’re failures,” Bessent wrote in a message to

“You will have did not reopen the federal government, hindering our authorities’s efforts to get reduction to American farmers and our deliberate activation of the Farm Credit score Company to assist our farmers with subsequent 12 months’s crops,” Bessent added.

Senate Minority Chief Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (R) and Home Minority Chief Consultant Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (L) temporary the press throughout a press convention on the federal government shutdown on the U.S. Capitol on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC (Alex Wong/Getty Photographs/Getty Photographs)

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In her response to Bessent’s publish, Klobuchar joked that she believed the scathing feedback got here from a faux account, noting that she and the secretary “haven’t had any public or personal private ‘BEEFS’ (Argentinian or in any other case),” referring to a different controversial Trump administration plan.

The proposed import of Argentine beef has drawn criticism from each side of the aisle, with a number of farm state Republicans calling on the president to rely extra on American farmers.

Klobuchar then defended her “tremendous critical and fact-based letter,” saying it “merely requested when you would rethink tariff coverage and the international bailout.”

“And whereas your announcement immediately, reversing simply a few of your individual administration’s dangerous insurance policies, is at all times useful, there’s nonetheless a lot to undo earlier than these blanket tariffs upend the economic system in rural America eternally, to not point out turning into an enormous burden within the type of the tariff tax on all Individuals. In any case, let me know when you’re prepared to satisfy to debate tariffs on some 40% dearer espresso,” Klobuchar added.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and President Donald Trump look on in the course of the White Home Digital Belongings Summit on March 7, 2025 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photographs/Getty Photographs)

The present authorities shutdown has lasted 31 days and reveals no indicators of letting up. The longest shutdown in US historical past passed off beneath the primary Trump administration in 2019 and lasted 35 days. If the federal government doesn’t reopen on November 5, it will formally be the longest within the nation’s historical past.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats have proven any indicators of relenting on their strategy to ending the shutdown.

FOX Enterprise has reached out to Klobuchar and Warren’s places of work for remark.