Bessent said the Trump administration would not seek to retreat from those institutions but instead push to play a stronger leadership role and push for major changes to those ins

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has assailed the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank even as he tries to reassure nervous investors the United States will maintain its global leadership role.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke Wednesday to international economists attending IMF and World Bank spring meetings in Washington D.C. this week, telling them the Trump administration wants to overhaul these institutions to create a more "sustainable international economic system.