Bessent forced to make MAJOR move over Iran threats

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IF YOU DON'T GET REFORM WHILE. TRUMP'S IN OFFICE, IT WILL JUST. GO BACK. THERE'S GOT TO BE REFORM BEFORE. HE LEAVES. TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT. HAS MOVED FROM HIS D.C. HOME TO. A MILITARY FACE FOLLOWING. IRANIAN DEATH THREATS. >> Lawrence: THIS IS JUST THE. LATEST TRUMP CABINET MEMBER THIS. HAS HAPPENED TO. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? >> Reporter: THESE IRANIAN. THREATS AGAINST THE TREASURY. SECRETARY, THE EXACT NATURE OF. THEM HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED, BUT. THEY REPORTEDLY INCREASE FIRST.

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CAME UP IN 2025 IN JANUARY WHEN. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL". PUBLISHED AN AERIAL VIEW OF HIS. GEORGETOWN MANSION. THAT REPORTEDLY ALLOWED HIS HOME. TO BE GEO LOCATED WHICH PROMPTED. OFFICIALS TO MOVE HIM TO A. MILITARY BASE. THEN RECENTLY, THE THREATS. REACHED A MORE ADVANCED STAGE, WITH BESSENT LEADING THE. ECONOMIC PRESSURE CAMPAIGN. AGAINST THE IRANIAN REGIME, INCLUDING WITH U.S. SANCTIONS ON. MIDDLE EASTERN BANKS AND. FINANCIAL FIRMS. ALSO THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE ON. IRANIAN PORTS. A TREASURY SPOKES PERSON TELLS.

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FOX THE SECRETARY WILL NOT BE. DETERRED BY THE IRANIAN REGIME. THREATS AND REMAINS COMMITTED TO. EXECUTING OPERATION ECONOMIC. OUTCAST AND MAINTAINING THE. BLOCKADE, WHICH TOGETHER ARE. COLLAPSING IRAN'S ECONOMY. THE NEWS ALSO COMES AS SECRETARY. OF STATE MARCO RUBIO DOWNPLAYED. THE PROSPECT OF NEW MAJOR. MILITARY OPERATIONS AFTER THE. MIDTERMS, STATING HOW EFFECTIVE. THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE HAS BEEN. HE SAID THIS IN PARIS. >> THE ECONOMIC CAMPAIGN AND THE. PRESSURE AND THE DEVASTATION. THAT OUR ECONOMIC CAMPAIGN IS.

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HAVING ON THE IRANIAN REGIME IS. WORKING SO WELL THAT THE. PRESIDENT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE. ANY NEED TO CONDUCT MAJOR COMBAT. OPERATIONS. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAID THIS WREAK HE HAS NO PLANS. TO DROP THE NAVAL BLOCKADE. CITING SUPPORT FROM REGIONAL. ALLIES, BUT TALKS TO BRING THIS. WAR TO A CLOSE ARE KIND OF. STALLED. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE. PRESIDENT DIRECTLY ON THE. THREATS TO HIS TREASURY. SECRETARY'S LIFE. WE KNOW HE'S GOING TO BE. HONORING MILITARY VETERANS TODAY. IN CEREMONY AT ARLINGTON. NATIONAL CEMETERY, SO WE MIG.