https://freerepublic.com/tag/patrickbateman/ en-us Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:11:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4384838/posts WASHINGTON, DC: A blockbuster upcoming account of the second Trump administration has exposed deep, profane fractures within American foreign policy, revealing that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent privately launched an aggressive campaign to block Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from entering the White House.The explosive details surface in 'Regime Change', a forthcoming book by The New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, which alleges that Bessent repeatedly used highly derogatory nicknames to describe the wartime leader to close associates before a disastrous Oval Office summit. (snip) The Treasury chief reportedly harbored deep frustrations over a stalled, high-stakes critical minerals agreement,... MSN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4384838/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:11:03 GMT