Bessent, driving force behind US push to cripple Iran’s economy, relocates over alleged threat to his life
The US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has relocated from his home in the Washington area to a military base after an Iranian threat against his life, the New York Times has reported.
Bessent has spearheaded a US push to cripple Iran’s economy since the start of the Middle East war, vowing “economic asphyxiation” of the Islamic republic through a web of sanctions.
He is one of a number of senior figures in the Trump administration including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the new chief of staff, Stephen Miller, to leave their home to live on a military base or protected housing.
they’re purging the military.
they’re moving to the bases.
these people are not planning to leave office.
Fun fact anyone on a military base can be subject to ucmj in as well as a hefty amount of usc 18 notably entering or remaining within a military base without the authority to do so.
Hasn’t the military completely bent over for the Trump regime so far? I know a few generals got fired, but the rank and file seem to be willing to do his biding.
Not really no. Jag specifically have it out for the administration and their stooges. There’s a bunch of loud mouth retirees that support the admin but the rest are simply doing as they are told most of these things have no legal test yet and have to be decided on court, failing to follow orders is a criminal act that ruins careers so most people aren’t going to risk that and they’ll instead leave it to jag to figure out.
Didn’t three JAG heads get fired and replaced as soon as Hegseth was slapped into the role?
A few fired and a few more left in protest, but jag is actually way larger than most people expect. (6000 or so employees and rated attorneys)
I’m on the outside looking in so I just saw the news about them going into cities and helping ICE. And I remember they wasted a bunch of water when California was having fires but maybe that was during his first presidency.
Good to hear someone in the service is opposing them. I worry that “doing as they are told” will be the issue. Trumps plan seems to be to not care about legality and ignore court orders because no one is enforcing them. I don’t know anything about how the military courts enforce this stuff vs the rest of the countries courts.
There is still the major taboo in the USA about military leadership openly challenging civilian leadership. Several generals have lost their positions by trying to circumvent and criticize the President too openly, including Douglas MacArthur and Stanley McChrystal.
That’s national guard and while technically it is illegal for military to act as police the act has never successfully been tested in court and therefore they couldn’t legally refuse the order.
Oh, after this guy stuck his fingers in Alberta separatism, I’m loving the idea of him living in fear. May he live the rest of his (very few if Iran has its way) days that way.
Good! Be afraid!
So what is he going to do once he is no longer in the government’s employ?
Dude’s got like a dozen houses. He’ll be fine.
I meant about the fact that a kill order might not expire once you leave the job.
Why do we assume this is real to begin with and not just more theater in the lead up to the re-escalation?
Don’t take this from me!
Eh, I can see revenge killing Hegseth after he’s irrelevant, but Treasury? Better give the secretaries of education, transportation, and housing permanent secret service details, while we’re creating a royal court.
I hope the Reveille gives them fits, daily.
Why? Does anybody really give a shit about this guy specifically? Or is he expecting fallout for something that hasn’t been discovered yet?
This is more an odd measurement of how the administration trusts being in public. The number of senior leadership choosing to live in military bases is unprecedented.
If you understand the economy, you understand how central and evil Bessent is
… and incompetent.
Actually he’s one of the few competent members. Rubio is another.
Evil, and under malevolent supervision, but competent.
