# US Treasury chief Scott Bessent is reportedly latest Trump official to move to military base

- community: politics  (politics@lemmy.world)
- author: MicroWave@lemmy.world
- posted: 2026-11-11T12:12:34.103428Z (37m ago)
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- address: https://dboft.com/post/22220/us-treasury-chief-scott-bessent-is-reportedly-latest-trump-official
- link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/11/us-treasury-chief-scott-bessent-moves-military-base-iran-threats

***Bessent, driving force behind US push to cripple Iran’s economy, relocates over alleged threat to his life***

The US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has relocated from his home in the Washington area to a military base after an Iranian threat against his life, the New York Times has reported.

Bessent has spearheaded a US push to cripple Iran’s economy since the start of the Middle East war, vowing “economic asphyxiation” of the Islamic republic through a web of sanctions.

He is one of a number of senior figures in the Trump administration including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the new chief of staff, Stephen Miller, to leave their home to live on a military base or protected housing.