The vacancy in the White House press secretary role since Karoline Leavitt's departure at the end of August 2026 has led the administration to rotate cabinet officials through briefings, as President Trump indicated would continue temporarily. This structure spreads opportunities across multiple figures rather than concentrating them on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who last filled in during Leavitt's maternity leave in May. Current trader consensus assigns near-certainty to other outcomes because no schedule or announcement singles out Bessent for the immediate next session while he focuses on congressional testimony regarding economic policy and Iran-related matters. A realistic challenge to this positioning would require an explicit White House directive assigning him the next briefing amid the ongoing rotation.