Bessent Delivers Good News on Iran, and Hilarious

You do not usually assume of a Treasury Secretary as somebody who goes to entice a lot of consideration. 

But competence, smarts, and dropping a savage financial hammer on Iran have introduced Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a lot of followers. Americans like people who work and struggle in the best pursuits of America.

Bessent did an interview with Axios co-founder Mike Allen protecting a selection of topics. 

This half was fairly hilarious when he associated how President Donald Trump told him about Melania’s pals who needed to meet him. 

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent tells The Axios Show how President Trump jokes with him about girls wanting an introduction: “He’ll occasionally tell me: ‘You’re breaking Melania’s friends’ hearts. They see you on TV and they want an intro, and we have to break the news to them.’” https://t.co/sC2r05wKC7

— Axios (@axios) October 4, 2026

“You’re breaking Melania’s friends’ hearts. They see you on TV, and they want an intro, and we have to break the news to them,” he said. He positively does have feminine followers. 

Bessent also explained how money management as a profession provides you a “scorecard” – you’ll be able to see how profitable you’re by the precise outcomes. He explained he wasn’t picked to meet some id politics qualification, but on advantage, that Trump picked him not because of his inappropriate choice or his inexperienced eyes. And that’s why he thought their Cabinet was so good: “That’s one of the reasons we have such a great team.” 

Bessent addressed the financial system.

“We will get to the other side of this Iran conflict. I think oil is going to be more well supplied. I think we’re going to be much lower. Wage gains will keep coming because we are having a manufacturing renaissance. We’re seeing the job gains go to Americans.” He said we’re also seeing private sector jobs increase. 

Bessent also spoke about Iran and how on the edge the regime is at this point after the U.S. pressure, including the naval blockade and Operation Economic Outcast. He said there was a deliberate sequencing of approach.

“We had kinetic [action], we destroyed their navy, their air force, substantially depleted their drone and missile capability, destroyed their chances of rebuilding that,” he said.

“Then we went to what the president calls the Iron Wall and the blockade, which we’ve never done before,” Bessent added. “And now we have Operation Economic Outcast and we are isolating them economically like it’s never happened before.”

🚨 BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stuns the world, announces “for the first time in historical past” IRAN will have NO OIL ON THE WATER this week

THEY’RE COOKED 🔥

“They may have no revenues.”

Bessent says barrels shipped out of the Strait is “U.S. about 1.1 billion,…

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 3, 2026

“Right now, the score in terms of barrels out of the Strait: U.S. about 1.1 billion, Iran zero,” he declared. 

“For the first time in history, since they started pumping oil, they will have no oil on the water this week,” Bessent explained. “They will have no revenues.”

Great to have competent people on the job, getting it executed. 

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