The while point is hide their mafioso ways.

Bessent, Trump and crew were born and often got rich before modern laws like credit act and such. Their sensory experience is being untouchable white guys providing cover for bad guys. Trump isn't commonly associated with money laundering for no reason.

They're dismantling white collar crime tools which were bad enough as is while installing license plate readers to track blue collar folks buying weed.

They’re just trying to recapture their own personal glory days and don't care who else it fucks over.

Stephen Miller even gloats about being like the power mongers of history who just took what they want.