U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is blaming Emma Tucker, editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal, for doxing his Washington, D.C., home and prompting him to move to an American military base amid death threats from Iran.
Appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures” on the Fox News Channel, Bessent was asked by anchor Larry Kudlow: “Any direct Iranian attempts on your life?”
Bessent replied: We’re not going to talk about that, but obviously, it’s a high threat level for us to move.
“Sadly, one of the reasons we had to move is because Emma Tucker, the news editor at the Wall Street Journal, authorized a photo of our house the day we bought it, that had a geolocate on it. So you can go on the internet, and see our beautiful residence that we made our home here in D.C. because of reckless journalism.”
WATCH:
🚨 OMG. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just dropped the NAME of the WSJ editor who doxxed his house online, letting Iran geo-locate him, forcing him to move
Q: Are there any direct Iranian attempts on your life?
BESSENT: “We’re not gonna talk about that…EMMA TUCKER at the WSJ AUTHORIZED a PHOTO of our HOUSE the DAY WE BOUGHT IT that had a geo-locate on it. You can go on the internet and see our home in DC because of RECKLESS JOURNALISM!”
Well, not anymore — HE HAD TO MOVE
The Journal ran an aerial view of his $12.5 MILLION Georgetown home back in January 2025, right after he bought it
Now, Bessent is protected on a military base.
This should be freaking illegal. Genuinely infuriating.
Pray for Bessent and all of Trump’s Cabinet 🙏🏻
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 15, 2026
The Treasury secretary also condemned “evil” actions taken by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, against the citizens of the Islamic Republic, saying: “The brave Iranian people, tens of thousands of them have been killed this year by the regime.
“Many of the protesters who were injured, the IRGC hunted them down – hunted them down in their hospital beds and then killed them. These are evil people.”
He noted such viciousness is dissuading neither President Donald Trump nor his top advisers.
“This Cabinet is not going to be deterred. President Trump is not deterred in the mission, and with Operation Economic Outcast, which began in the end of August, led by Treasury – President Trump gave us the order – and this is the greatest economic isolation in the history of the world against a single country. And we are squeezing them and their death threats tell me that everything I’m doing is working.”
Bessent said as the weather gets colder in the coming, Iran will face even more hardships.
“They’re already warning the people this going to be a tough winter. Could you imagine that they’re not going to gave enough gas in Iran because of their creaking infrastructure and all of the money that the IRGC has stolen?” he said.
“They’re gonna have gas shortages for home heating. They already have gasoline lines [of] three, four hours. We have them completely isolated. We have the airline quarantine. And my message has been, if the Iranian regime loves their country, then great. They’re stuck there. They can’t fly to London to see their family, Paris to see their girlfriends, Geneva to visit their money.”
“Part of the problem,” Bessent continued, “is a lot of the leadership there, they’re like rats in a sewer pipe. They’re in underground bunkers and they don’t see how bad it is up top.”
WATCH:
🚨 JUST IN: Iran wants to k*ll Scott Bessent — and he just responded with this
“A lot of the leadership there are like RATS in a SEWER PIPE.”
🔥🔥🔥
Bessent moved out of his Georgetown home and onto a MILITARY BASE after the Iranian threats
The regime threatens and he’s just doubling down, LFG!
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 15, 2026
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