Bessent Says Trump, Soros Are Both Impatient Dealmakers (2)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a room full of billionaires in Sun Valley that President Donald Trump shares a personality trait with his former boss, the famously liberal financier George Soros: Both are impatient when working on high-stakes deals.

Bessent spoke Wednesday at the annual Allen & Co. conference — dubbed the “summer camp for billionaires” in Sun Valley, Idaho. Bessent, who was asked by the moderator to compare his current and former bosses, said that Trump and Soros are similar in their temperament, their demands and their impatience, according to people in the room.

The Treasury secretary responded ...