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US Treasury chief Scott Bessent is reportedly latest Trump official to move to military base (www.theguardian.com)
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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.

The US national intelligence chief, Jay Clayton, said last month that Tehran had “substantially increased” its efforts to target Americans in the Middle East and beyond.

These include intensifying the targeting of current and former US officials such as Bessent, the NYT reported on Tuesday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.

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[–] [S] 4 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I wouldn't ban you for your opinion on why they moved there. I would ban you for encouraging others to go after them. I'm thinking that it's not just Iran. These guys are shitty and evil with no loyalty and now a lot less power, they may have pissed off a lot of the wrong people.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    They still have the same power through much of January, unfortunately. Knowing Trump's vengefulness, I'm leaning slightly more towards the coup theory, but agree that they're unlikely to pull it off.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    Story of amerikkka.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (3 children)

    Sorry to burst your reality-denying bubble, but shitty humans are everywhere. Who's being the most shitty at any given moment rotates, but they're pretty universal & make up a rather large percentage of the entire world's population.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Whataboutism is changing the topic. Shit on one side doesn’t excuse shit on another. That’s lazy Democrat speak.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    It's not whataboutism if I'm not redirecting away from your target, but merely expanding it to include those you deliberately left out. Your response is "lazy" thinking & obviously biased rage that's too laser focused on the target of your hatred to care about the full truth of the matter.

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