Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the Trump administration’s handling of inflation and the affordability crisis, which he said was inherited from the previous administration led by President Joe Biden. Trump ‘Inherited’ This Crisis On Sunday, in a post on X, Bessent said that “When President Trump took office, Americans were experiencing an affordability crisis from the Biden administration,” ...