On CNBC’s Squawk Box Friday, the Treasury Secretary didn’t bother with the usual Washington soft-talk. “You know what I have to say, Joe? F the Iranian leadership,” he told Joe Kernen. “I’m not going to be cowered by the death threats they have made against me. The other Cabinet members won’t be cowered either.” He added that the threats prove Operation Economic Outcast is working and called the IRGC “like a dangerous cornered animal.”
Bessent is the man running the economic pressure campaign that has been isolating Iran’s economy while the Navy maintains the blockade. Intelligence officials say Iranian plots against U.S. personnel and American citizens reached an advanced stage last month. Specific threats against Bessent were part of that assessment. A senior administration official told Fox the threats against him had gone “more than an advanced stage.” Other top officials, including Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have also moved to military or protected housing.
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just said “F THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP” and that he had to move to a military base because the WSJ published his HOUSE ONLINE
“One of the reasons I had to move is because the WSJ printed a PHOTO OF MY HOUSE the DAY I bought it that has GEO-LOCATE on it! In a highly irresponsible way, the editor, we PLEADED with her NOT to print the location of my house, she DID ANYWAY.” 😡
“We’re NOT gonna be cowered…the IRGC are like a dangerous, cornered animal.”
“I followed Secret Service instructions and moved from my home to a military base.”
Pray for Secretary Bessent! 🙏🏻
The Journal ran an AERIAL VIEW of his $12.5 million home back in 2025
Bessent has led Operation Economic Outcast since August, the sanctions campaign CRUSHING Iran’s economy, which made him a top Iranian target
This week the DOJ indicted three Iranian nationals tied to nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and the U.S.
Rubio and Miller had to move too.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 13, 2026
The Wall Street Journal made the problem worse. In January 2025, shortly after Bessent bought a $12.5 million Georgetown mansion, the paper ran an aerial photo that allowed the house to be geolocated. Bessent said his team pleaded with the editor not to publish the location. She published it anyway. “Highly irresponsible and dangerous, and things like that have to stop,” he said Friday. Sources told Reuters and CNBC that the photo elevated security concerns once Iranian targeting intensified.
Iran has denied the plots. The regime has a long track record of targeting officials and dissidents abroad, and the Justice Department just indicted three Iranian-linked operatives tied to nearly twenty attack plots across the United States and Europe. President Trump has already answered the threats in plain language: if Iran goes after American officials, “they won’t exist any longer.”
🚨 WOW! Scott Bessent just revealed OVER 20 MILLION BARRELS of oil surged through the Strait of Hormuz the other night
That’s more than pre-war.
“It’s gonna be a long, COLD WINTER for the Iranians.”
“There was mid-20 million barrels!” 🔥
“The score since we put up the blockade, USA 1.7 BILLION barrels, Iran ZERO!”
Per Treasury, Iran hasn’t loaded a SINGLE BARREL onto a tanker since August 25
The U.S. military says it has redirected 147 ships and destroyed 10 IRGC shadow-fleet tankers enforcing the blockade
Iran’s own budget office is now planning for ZERO oil revenue.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 13, 2026
On X, the America First reaction has been consistent. Defiance is the correct response when a foreign regime puts a Cabinet secretary in the crosshairs for doing his job. The economic pressure is squeezing Tehran hard enough that the IRGC is lashing out. Publishing a geolocatable photo of a sitting Treasury Secretary’s home while those threats were rising is the kind of media practice that gets people killed. Bessent followed Secret Service instructions and moved. He is not backing down. Neither is the rest of the Cabinet.
— THe Whatfinger News Team: Sgt Ben and Sgt Beth – with Grok on edits and graphics
