{"id":19606,"date":"2026-03-22T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/22\/ridiculous-scott-bessent-throws-down-with-nbcs-welker-over-iran-war-funding-mediaite\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T17:05:00","slug":"ridiculous-scott-bessent-throws-down-with-nbcs-welker-over-iran-war-funding-mediaite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/22\/ridiculous-scott-bessent-throws-down-with-nbcs-welker-over-iran-war-funding-mediaite\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ridiculous!\u2019 Scott Bessent Throws Down With NBC\u2019s Welker Over Iran War Funding &#8211; Mediaite"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPMi1uTmkyc0pScHlKaXFIZm5ibzd4ODVUSWNwRDZ4SjhKaXFpdHRZdFlZRUYyeVlwOGJYVGx6a2hFWUdJVmdzVTh1V1VidHc4VU5UdWU2QTVWbXRzNWg0QWdlc1BMdDhWRUZlNlVwV2p1Qnh2dEd6OXVDMGxrUklrdUZpTlZzSFRzMURBTFVoWUsteEhRZ1BXMGMwUWQ1Y2tXZkpvcUhueG4wMm91T3hyUDR4VzNqX2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Ridiculous!\u2019 Scott Bessent Throws Down With NBC\u2019s Welker Over Iran War Funding<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Mediaite<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxPTkpLLTd4M2J1ZTVSWERYS0xYODEwU3JaS2dNUTFxWmQyYzhHaXNHcnNWSDU2Y1BJcVlDZ0IzbkNWTGlTYlE0THQycnBsVGlxNG85cGVHSEFDS0NiMDBTT3BsUjBqdlZoMW45ay1JT1lZbkhWcXBjWmh6SHdKbm1RVmJzWWlrMzlnYjJIWDhHaEI0aFFJUURNa2Zlb3Z4aDl6MFhNLXF2MFdwWEd0V0dsUkZpMjEzcWlqX25rcWNfSzkyc3Z3cHJOdQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Treasury secretary defends U.S. military actions in Iran: &#8216;Sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNSXRBakRXVV9xMFlrd2pYeTVzZ2EyT1pwS2I1NGJzLXhKVWtxQ3h1RHpqR3FYWGh4N2ZyNVYzWXk3cXBQZllnNFhZYW5MckltZ3dadUgwZWVXcENDaHlvMWc3RVZyQ3I3ZkxiQ05Tby02NC1jS0hHYlZCTlYybDVmR21xZldWcnRobjNnX1dhajlUZ0NfUXFZaVdkNThFbkdrbWc2a25MeFNWSll4RkVEZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Treasury Secretary Insists Trump Is \u201cJiu-Jitsuing the Iranians\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Mother Jones<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxObUxnNHk2VHM2S0FuSFgyLWQ3cW15SDlvcVZxMU56REh3R3ZfNWowVHFhZTgwakZwUk9uVG9KUHdDb2E0SmRRcmFLX3VIUS1vQkFhVG9PNE5OcURkTVRqQXpuQ202cmpuQWh3c1NXSEVOT2d5eml1RXNTSWQ5VHZWSFpORDlmbWwwNUZWM2V6clBPVFZDZVp4Q1lpWWxTRHNEOEVBcG1n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Bessent says &#8216;sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate&#8217; when pressed on Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">USA Today<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPaXNmV2ZFNGhOTWpjdlJnekhZVEhZYUVoVEw4TE5IZWUxLVJOakdIdFc0bDV2WTRhZ3pTR2lualBsRHlWTzRqMFQ3UnNUdF9JaERVSVUzV0lpZEFiZjFyTFZrTlhkY2RtREpkNWpNVGRGS3VMZzJBNTZVVDJGWmh1elhjcDJuTmN3SWl5T1I3aWw2MGV5Z0VRX1hrMnFtMFN0c0JYS2J4NA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Bessent suggests Trump may \u2018escalate to de-escalate\u2019 Iran war \u2014 says \u201850 days\u2019 of higher prices will be worth it<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">New York Post<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Ridiculous!\u2019 Scott Bessent Throws Down With NBC\u2019s Welker Over Iran War Funding&nbsp;&nbsp;Mediaite Treasury secretary defends U.S. military actions in Iran: &#8216;Sometimes you have to escalate&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/22\/ridiculous-scott-bessent-throws-down-with-nbcs-welker-over-iran-war-funding-mediaite\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}