Suggestion that Scott Bessent so described a world leader included in Regime Change, by New York Times reporters<\/p>\n
Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, advised Donald Trump not to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, having called the Ukrainian president a \u201clittle fucker\u201d, a \u201cspecial-needs child\u201d and \u201cMr Bean on crack\u201d, according to a new book.<\/p>\n
The suggestion that a US cabinet official described a world leader in such terms is included in Regime Change, a blockbusting account of the second Trump administration by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, set to be published worldwide on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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