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在周四接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的独家采访中，财政部长斯科特·贝森特表示，他不认为最近披露的特朗普总统数十亿美元加密货币收入会对总统造成负面影响。
“我不认为存在形象问题，”贝森特在谈到特朗普先生的收入时告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻主播兼MoneyWatch栏目记者凯利·奥格雷迪。
根据本周早些时候公布的一份财务披露文件，特朗普先生自第二任期开始以来，已从其加密货币业务中获利约14亿美元。其中包括他的“迷因币”$TRUMP，以及由总统及其家族支持的加密货币公司World Liberty Financial带来的收益。
国会民主党人批评特朗普先生的加密货币横财，认为这存在利益冲突，因为他的政府一直在寻求放松对加密货币的监管。
“这是一个创新型政府，”贝森特告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。“无论是数字接入、人工智能，还是科技生态系统中发生的一切，众所周知，所有美国人都能从中受益。”
白宫发言人安娜·凯利周二告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，披露文件中“不存在利益冲突”。
在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时，贝森特还谈到了特朗普递延纳税账户的最新进展，以及美国经济在应对伊朗战争影响方面的前景。
贝森特认为美国民众即将获得经济救济
这位财政部长表示，他想对那些因伊朗战争而在杂货店和加油站倍感压力的美国人说：“我们终将渡过难关。”
自2月底战争爆发以来，承载全球约20%石油供应的关键霍尔木兹海峡航运中断，导致汽油价格上涨，进而加剧了通货膨胀并推高了整体成本。根据劳工部数据，5月份年度通胀率升至4.2%，为2023年4月以来的最高水平。
根据美国汽车协会（AAA）的数据，周四普通汽油的平均价格为每加仑3.83美元。战争最激烈时，汽油价格曾突破每加仑4.50美元，但最近几周随着油价回落至战前附近水平，以及美国和伊朗就更永久结束战争进行谈判，汽油价格已稳步下降。
贝森特表示，他希望到劳动节时，平均油价能降至每加仑3美元。
“汽油价格在下跌时会有点粘性，”贝森特说。“我们正试图给汽油零售商一点推动。我们告诉他们我们在监督他们。我们已经从一些大型零售商那里获得了不错的反馈，他们愿意为消费者采取行动。”
劳工部周四发布的就业报告显示，美国雇主在6月份新增5.7万个就业岗位，远低于经济学家的预期，但失业率保持稳定，较前一个月的4.3%小幅下降至4.2%。不过，报告显示年度工资增长率为3.5%，低于通胀率。
贝森特将工资增长与通胀之间的差距描述为“短期波动”，并表示他预计石油和能源价格将继续下跌。
“我预计，也许最快就在这个月，我们将看到实际工资增长，”贝森特说。
当被问及近几个月来股市的强劲表现，还是许多美国人面临的现实生活压力，更能真实反映美国经济状况时，贝森特表示，他认为股市的强劲表现将预示经济走向。
“股市反映的是未来。所以股市告诉我们的，想必就是我今天所说的：我们终将渡过难关，”贝森特说。“利率会下降，然后我们将恢复实际工资增长。所以两者都有可能成立。”
贝森特称特朗普账户是打造“金融素养”的工具
白宫本周宣布，从7月4日起，美国人可以开始为特朗普账户缴款。这是今年早些时候启动的一项联邦计划，旨在帮助18岁以下儿童投资股票市场，在成年前积累储蓄，类似于成年人为退休储蓄的方式。
“38%的美国家庭没有投资我们伟大的股票市场，我们希望每个人都能分享美国的发展成果，”贝森特说。“在我们的创新、资本市场和这个世界历史上最伟大的经济引擎中。所以，我认为随着时间的推移，这38%的比例会趋近于零。另外还有金融素养的问题。”
根据贝森特的说法，目前已有超过600万个特朗普账户开立，美国约有7000万符合条件的儿童。
7月4日起，联邦政府将为2025年1月1日至2028年12月31日期间出生的符合条件儿童的账户存入1000美元。特朗普账户是白宫去年通过的“宏伟法案”立法的一部分。
贝森特指出，富裕的慈善家、组织和州政府也可以向这些账户捐款，甚至可以通过捐赠公开交易股票的方式。去年，戴尔科技创始人迈克尔·戴尔和他的妻子苏珊·戴尔宣布，他们将向这些账户捐赠62.5亿美元，即每人250美元。
“我预计，同样来自这些慈善家族、机构和公司的捐赠，我们会看到低收入家庭的账户实际上会得到更多补充，”贝森特说。
贝森特表示，这些账户在成年后也可以继续增值，并转入个人退休账户。
“我们希望他们真正理解长期复利的力量，”贝森特在谈到参与该计划的家庭时说。“你将拥有一家公司的股份，这和许多人熟悉的银行存款一样。他们习惯了获得利息、支付利息。所以我们希望他们明白，拥有一份股份是什么感觉？”
Bessent on Trump’s crypto earnings: “I don’t think there’s an appearance problem”
July 2, 2026 / 9:56 PM EDT / CBS News
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Faris Tanyos News Editor
In an exclusive interview with CBS News on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he doesn’t believe the recent disclosure of President Trump’s billions in crypto earnings is problematic for the president.
“I don’t think there’s an appearance problem,” Bessent told CBS News anchor and MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O’Grady regarding Mr. Trump’s earnings.
According to a financial disclosure released earlier this week, Mr. Trump has earned approximately $1.4 billion from his crypto ventures since beginning his second term. Those include his “meme coin” $TRUMP and earnings from World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency company backed by the president and his family.
Congressional Democrats have criticized Mr. Trump’s crypto windfall, arguing it presents a conflict of interest since his administration has sought to loosen regulations on cryptocurrency.
“This is an innovation presidency,” Bessent told CBS News. “So whether it’s digital access, whether it’s AI, whether it’s everything that is going on in the tech ecosystem that, you know, all Americans are benefiting from that.”
White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told CBS News on Tuesday that “there are no conflicts of interest” in the disclosure.
In his interview with CBS News, Bessent also touched on the latest developments with the tax-deferred Trump Accounts and his outlook for the U.S. economy as it grapples with the impacts of the Iran war.
Economic relief is coming for American families, Bessent believes
The Treasury secretary said his message to Americans who are experiencing strain at the grocery store and at the pump wrought by the Iran war is that “we’re going to get to the other side of this.”
Since the war began in late February, halts to shipping traffic in the critical Strait of Hormuz, which handles roughly 20% of the world’s global oil supply, have led to rising gas prices, which have in turn accelerated inflation and raised costs more broadly. In May, the annual inflation rate rose to 4.2%, according to the Labor Department, its highest level since April 2023.
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline on Thursday was $3.83, according to AAA. At the height of the war, gas prices topped $4.50 a gallon, but have steadily declined in recent weeks as oil prices return to near prewar levels and the U.S. and Iran negotiate over a more permanent end to the war.
Bessent said he is hopeful that the average drops to $3 a gallon by Labor Day.
“Gasoline prices are a little stickier on the way down,” Bessent said. “We’re trying to give the gasoline retailers a little bit of a nudge. We’re telling them we’re watching them. We’ve had some good uptake from some of the bigger retailers from some of the bigger retailers in terms of what they want to do for consumers.”
Thursday’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that U.S. employers added 57,000 jobs in June, far below what economists had predicted, but the unemployment rate held steady, dipping slightly to 4.2% from 4.3% the month before. However, the report found that annual wage growth was 3.5%, below the rate of inflation.
Bessent described the discrepancy between wage gains and inflation as a “short-term spike,” and said he expects to see oil and energy prices continue to drop.
“I would expect, perhaps, as soon as this month, we’re going to see real wage gains,” Bessent said.
Asked whether the stock market’s strong performance in recent months, or the real-world pressure facing many Americans, is a more realistic view of the state of the U.S. economy, Bessent said he believes the market’s strong performance will be predictive of the direction the economy takes.
“The stock market lives in the future. So what the stock market is telling us is, presumably, what I am saying today, that we’ll get to the other side of this,” Bessent said. “Rates will come down and then we will be back up to real wage gain. So both can be true.”
Trump Accounts a tool to create “financial literacy,” Bessent says
The White House announced this week that beginning on July 4, Americans can begin contributing to Trump Accounts, a federal program launched earlier this year designed to help children under 18 invest money in the stock market and build savings before they reach adulthood, similar to how adults save for retirement.
“Thirty-eight percent of American households have no investment in our great equity markets, and we want everyone to share, you know, in the bounty that is the U.S.,” Bessent said. “In our innovation and our capital markets, and, you know, the economic engine, greatest in the history of the world. So, you know, over time, I would think that that 38% number would move toward zero. And then the other thing too is financial literacy.”
According to Bessent, more than 6 million Trump Accounts have been opened so far, and there are approximately 70 million children in the U.S. eligible for them.
On July 4, the federal government will begin contributing $1,000 to accounts for eligible children who are born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028. The Trump Accounts were part of the White House’s “big, beautiful bill” legislation passed last year.
Bessent noted how wealthy philanthropists, organizations and states can also donate to the accounts, even by contributing public stock. Last year, Michael Dell, who founded Dell Technologies, and his wife Susan Dell announced they would donate $6.25 billion to the accounts, or $250 per person.
“I would expect that we are going to see, again from these philanthropic families and institutions and companies, I would expect that we would see the lower-income profile families, actually the accounts will be topped up more,” Bessent said.
Bessent said the accounts could also build throughout adulthood and be rolled into an individual retirement account.
“We want them to really understand the power of long-term compounding,” Bessent said of the families who take part in the program. “That you’ll own a share of a company, that many people have – bank deposits. They’re used to getting interest, they’re used to paying interest. So what we want them to understand is, what does a piece of the action feel like?”