Trump Goon Melts Down at Journalist Over ‘Gossip’ Report

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has publicly attacked a journalist for daring to report on him dragging the Federal Reserve into President Donald Trump’s effort to prop up a foreign currency.

Bessent, 63, melted down Wednesday in a high-brow post that called out Nick Timiraos, the chief economics correspondent at the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, by name.

It appears Bessent was set off by a relatively straightforward Wall Street Journal report on his effort to drag the Federal Reserve into Trump’s effort to support Japan’s sliding Yen.  / Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERS

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