Dramatic moment Scott Bessent is yanked from interview for urgent talks in situation room: The president wants you right away
President Trump ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was in the middle of an interview, to the White House Situation Room as the administration deals with the financial fallout of the Iran war.Bessent, 63, was speaking with Sky News’ Wilfred Frost of “The Master Investor Podcast” inside the Treasury Department’s Cash Room when an aide suddenly interrupted roughly 13 minutes into the conversation.“The president wants you right away,” the aide told Bessent from off-camera, according to a clip shared on X by the outlet.A microphone was removed from Bessent’s jacket as he left the building at 10:22 a.m, according to the outlet’s timestamp.The top economic officials returned nearly two hours later.Bessent said he discussed a “plethora of things” during his meeting with President Trump.
Meanwhile, Frost questioned Bessent on Trump’s mood after the urgent request to head across the street to the White House.“The President is in great spirits, the Iranian mission is proceeding well ahead of schedule,” Bessent said before revealing his teenager is considering joining the military.“I can give this team my highest compliment from President Trump, to the head of the Joint Chiefs, to the Secretary of War.I would trust my child’s life in their hands,” he said.The interview jumped to the topic of the ongoing Iranian conflict, which began on Feb.
28, when the US launched Operation Epic Fury as part of the larger joint operation with Israel that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.Frost referenced the US dollar’s current surge and how it reached a high earlier this week as other financial indicators have taken hits as part of the war.Part of the financial influx comes as the Iranian regime, led by newly appointed supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, has put a chokehold on the crucial Persian Gulf shipping lane, the Strait of Hormuz, as a “tool to pressure the enemy.” Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos an...