Scott Bessent was traveling home from Ukraine when he stopped at Shannon Airport in Ireland
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The U.S. Treasury secretary left a straight and to the point message in the welcome book at Shannon Airport in Ireland on Thursday, simply leaving the Trump administration’s two-word motto.
The plane Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was traveling on from Kyiv, Ukraine, made a stop at the western Ireland airport to refuel.
While there, Bessent signed the welcome book, writing, "AMERICA FIRST!"
FOX Business White House correspondent Edward Lawrence snapped a picture of the page, and above Bessent’s entry was an entry from former Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signed the welcome book at Shannon Airport in Ireland, writing, "AMERICA FIRST!" (Edward Lawrence)
"To all our friends at Shannon – with gratitude for always making us feel at home away from home," Blinken wrote, though the date of the entry was not visible in the photo.
President Donald Trump announced earlier this week that he was sending Bessent to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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"This War MUST and WILL END SOON — Too much Death and Destruction. The U.S. has spent BILLIONS of Dollars Globally, with little to show," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Bessent was expected to speak with the Ukrainian president about sanctions, rare Earth minerals and where U.S. funding has gone.
Vice President JD Vance was also meeting with Zelenskyy this week, and both meetings were to take place before U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg travels to Ukraine on Feb. 20.
Trump tasked Kellogg with hashing out a peace deal with Ukraine and Russia to bring the three-year-long war to an end. Last week Kellogg met with Ukrainian delegates at the State Department.
Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
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