Treasury Secretary Gets Pulled From Interview To See Trump, Comes Back Rattled

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was summoned to President Donald Trump’s Situation Room in the middle of an interview Thursday and came back a tad tense. (Watch the video below.)

The secretary was discussing Japanese economics with “The Master Investor” host Wilfred Frost of Sky News when an aide told Bessent offscreen, “Sorry, the president wants you right away.”

Someone removed Bessent’s microphone and off he went at 10:22 a.m., according to Sky News. He resumed the sit-down at 12:07 p.m.

But he appeared distracted and fumbled for words.

“How was the president? Was he stressed?” Frost asked.

“Uh, no, the the president is in great spirits,” Bessent answered nervously. “The Iranian mission is proceeding well ahead of schedule. And I have to tell you, Wilf, that I’ve a teenage teenager [sic] who’s considering, uh, military service. And I could give this team my highest compliment. From President Trump to the head of the joint chiefs to the secretary of war, I would they say that I would trust my child’s life in their hands.”

“Well your child sounds like a brave person, Mr. Secretary, and we want to come to all those details in a couple of moments,” Frost replied. But if I may, I want to pick up to where we were.”

The Sky News nugget from the interview was Bessent saying that the U.S. Navy will escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz despite reports that Iran is laying mines in the critical waterway.

“My belief is that as soon as it is militarily possible, the U.S. Navy, perhaps with an international coalition, will be escorting vessels through,” Bessent said. “There are, in fact, tankers coming through now, Iranian tankers, I believe some Chinese flag tankers have come through. So we know that they have not mined the straits.”

Oil prices have hovered in the $100-per-barrel range as the United States’ war against Iran continues.

You can watch the full interview here.