US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent enters the week facing the toughest political test of his tenure after leaked book excerpts quoted him calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a 'little f*****,' a 'special-needs child for the Europeans,' and 'Mr Bean on crack,' and privately comparing Donald Trump to George Soros.
The disclosures appear in 'Regime Change,' a forthcoming book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan that Simon and Schuster will release worldwide on Tuesday, 23 June 2026. The Guardian published the first excerpts on Saturday.
