Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent visits Long Island to tout small business under Trump
By Alex Mitchell
Published on March 31, 2026.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent visited Nassau County, Long Island, to celebrate the success of small businesses under President Trump. He addressed small businesses from realtors, restaurant owners, school board members, local politicians, and other community members. BESSent praised the president's deregulation policies and a new policy on financial incentives for whistleblowing on major multimillion-dollar frauds, up to 30% on penalties for those caught for cases similar to the Somali daycare scandal in Minnesota. Meanwhile, County Executive Bruce Blakeman praised the county's fiscal standing, with one of the lowest poverty rates of any county in the United States. Bespent also highlighted the importance of the no tax on tips policy, which has made him the most popular cabinet member among the service industry.
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