If they are pushing withholding changes as a “real wage increase,” then underlying wage pressure is worse than they want to admit publicly.
UNREAL:
🇺🇸 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just said something extraordinary.
"Change your withholding. You will get an automatic real wage increase."
Translation: stop letting the government take your money upfront.
Keep it yourself. Every week. Every month.The U.S.… pic.twitter.com/Q8QymkDIvC
— Merlijn The Trader (@MerlijnTrader) April 16, 2026
🚨THIS EXCHANGE IS BIZARRE: Is Trump flat out lying or just delusional? Or both?
REPORTER: How much longer will Americans continue to see these high gas prices?
TRUMP: Well, they are not very high…gas prices have come down very much over the last 3–4 days.
REPORTER: It's $4… pic.twitter.com/sDWeN2saC9
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) April 16, 2026