“Irresponsible & Dangerous”: Bessent Slams WSJ Over Publishing Photo of Home as IRGC Threats Force Move to Military Base
13th November 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined CNBC earlier this morning to describe why the Secret Service has relocated him from his Washington, DC, home following Iranian death threats. There was no word on whether these new threats were connected to a plot reported in 2024 to kill then-President-elect Donald Trump and some of his closest allies.
“They have initiated death threats against me,” Bessent said during a CNBC Squawk Box interview this morning. “I’m not going to be cowed.”
Bessent continued, “You know what I got to say, Joe, is F the Iranian leadership. I’m not going to be cowed. They have initiated death threats against me,” adding, “Why am I going to be afraid when our, the brave military personnel in the Gulf, President Trump, constantly receive death threats?”