Scott Bessent mocked after raging against 'backroom gossip': 'Super weird take'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent drew online scorn after he tried dismissing a damning report as 'backroom gossip.'
On Wednesday, Bessent publicly attacked Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos because of a report about him pulling the Federal Reserve into President Donald Trump's efforts to prop up the Japanese yen. In a post on X, Bessent slammed Timiraos and his reporting on the Trump-appointed Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh.
"One of the highlights of the Warsh Fed has been watching stenographers posing as journalists, like the WSJ's Nick Timiraos, reduced to reporting Fed backroom gossip," Bessent wrote. "They're incapable of performing real economic or monetary policy analysis without being spoon-fed."...
Aug 05, 2026