Scott Bessent says he ‘encourages them to be good actors’ after Trump ranted about prices not dropping fast enough Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, issued a veiled warning to oil and gas companies to lower their prices on Tuesday, a day after Donald Trump berated those retailers on socia...
Source: [Guardian US](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/30/scott-bessent-oil-gas-companies-prices-warning)