“It's concerning just how stupid the people tasked with running this country truly are,” a social media user wrote of Scott Bessent's notes. We didn’t know Stuart Smalley was in the Trump administration. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was busted writing what could be cringey affirmations to himself during Wednesday’s White House Cabinet meeting after Reuters photographer Evan Vucci snapped a photo that includes his notes. At the top of what seems to be an official White House notepad, Bessent