- Treasury Secretary’s Defense For Iran War Plans Sounds Straight Out Of ‘1984’ HuffPost
- Treasury secretary defends U.S. military actions in Iran: ‘Sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate’ NBC News
- Treasury Secretary Insists Trump Is “Jiu-Jitsuing the Iranians” Mother Jones
- Scott Bessent suggests Trump may ‘escalate to de-escalate’ Iran war — says ‘50 days’ of higher prices will be worth it New York Post
- Bessent says ‘sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate’ when pressed on Iran war USA Today