Scott Bessent called Zelenskyy a "little fucker", a "special-needs child" and "Mr Bean on crack"

[dalton99a]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/20/scott-bessent-volodymyr-zelenskyy-trump

US treasury chief urged Trump not to host ‘Mr Bean on crack’ Zelenskyy, book says
Suggestion that Scott Bessent so described a world leader included in Regime Change, by New York Times reporters
Martin Pengelly
Sat 20 Jun 2026 09.00 EDT

Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, advised Donald Trump not to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, having called the Ukrainian president a “little fucker”, a “special-needs child” and “Mr Bean on crack”, according to a new book.

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.

News of Bessent’s alleged remarks may embarrass the Trump administration, although the meeting that did take place on 28 February 2025 proved outright disastrous, as Trump and JD Vance blasted Zelenskyy for not being grateful for aid in his fight against Russian invaders, and for not wearing a suit.

The issue of aid to Ukraine remains at the fore, and was discussed at the G7 summit in France earlier this week.

“Several Trump aides had been worried” about the potential for a blow-up when Zelenskyy came to the White House, ostensibly to seal a minerals deal drafted by Bessent, Swan and Haberman write. Then-national security adviser Mike Waltz “tried – unsuccessfully – to get the message across that Zelenskyy should come wearing a suit”, they continue. “Bessent had strongly recommended to Trump that he not even allow Zelenskyy into the White House before he had signed” the deal.

“‘I’ve dealt with this little fucker,’ Bessent would say to associates about Zelenskyy,” according to the book. “‘He’s tricky. He’s like the special-needs child for the Europeans. And he’s acting like Mr Bean on crack.”

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[Ocelot II]

1. Smug asshole Scott Pissant has the perfect Backpfeifengesicht.

[LessAspin]

5. Projection

📽️ Projection is not just a river in Egypt

[Hey Joe]

14. Oh, the things I would love to do to that face!

Just FIVE FUCKING MINUTES alone in a locked room with that little Howdy Doodie trust fund
punk…..

[spanone]

2. Fuck bessent

Nothing embarrasses the trmp administration.

[pwb]

3. Bessent is a goofy fuck.

He reeks of wealth trash. IMO.

[GiqueCee]

4. The insufferable arrogance...

... of this bespectacled turd turns my stomach. And it turns the minds of many to much darker thoughts.
Zelensky's toenail clippings are better than this blustering skidmark could ever dream of being. I look forward to celebrating his demise.

[2naSalit]

16. I was going to suggest...

Zelenskyy's fecal matter but toe nail clippings will do!

[58Sunliner]

6. He looks like a villian from the hunger games

Like a malignant weasel with plastic surgery. My apologies to weasels.

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[bluestarone]

8. The whole bunch are WORTHLESS PILES OF SHIT!!

They ALL do not deserve to be in America!! Go fuck yourselves, ALL of you!!

[a kennedy]

9. Ditto, ditto AND FAWKING DITTO!!!!!!!

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

[badhair77]

10. I hate him.

And all the trump cronies. And trump himself. They all disgust me. May they all get what they deserve. Can’t think of anything to add.

[surfered]

11. Bessent is a piss ant.

[surfered]

12. Zelenskyy is defeating Russia while Treasury Secretary piss ant's boss couldn't defeat Iran.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Trump has removed all sense of dignity, intelligence and shame from the Oval office.

It shows in the people he appoints.

To think, that we will go a long way to bringing a karmic end to the pedophiles from Epstein Island just by throwing a wide net over his administration.

[duckworth969]

15. Bessent needs a session out back behind the woodpile.

Straighten his ass out but good.

Better still, let’s put him in a private room with a couple of Ukrainian soldiers.

I’m sure they’d like a word.