Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pulled no punches in blasting former Harvard President Lawrence Summers for politicizing the deadly Texas flooding tragedy by attempting to place blame on President Donald Trump.

“Today, former Treasury Secretary @LHSummers showed why he was forced to step down as president of @Harvard: a lack of humanity and judgment. 1/4,” Bessent wrote in a four-post scathing X rebuke.

“In a shockingly callous interview on @ThisWeekABC, Professor Summers proclaimed that the One Big, Beautiful Bill will cause ‘… 2,000 days of death like we’ve seen in Texas this weekend,'” Bessent added.

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