Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Wednesday that he threatened to “kick ass” during a heated confrontation last year, while firmly denying reports that he threatened to punch the now-acting Director of National Intelligence “in the face.”
The unusual exchange emerged during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, where Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) pressed Bessent about reports surrounding a confrontation between the two Trump administration officials during the summer of 2025.
According to Bessent, one key detail in the widely circulated account was inaccurate.
Seijah Drake was born in Boston, MA, where she developed a penchant for writing early on and a passion for politics in college. After college she worked briefly for a conservative media in New York before relocating to the Greater D.C. Area to pursue a career in political marketing. She now resides in the free state of Florida.
ANALYSIS – Seriously, Tommy? What the hell? First, let me say that I’m a fan of Senator Tommy Tuberville. He is a commonsense conservative who fights for what is right.
His holds on military promotions over abortion and wokeness were valiant.
U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
But when you go off the rails, I need to call it out.
And when Tuberville absurdly tells Steve Bannon’s “War Room” Wednesday that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin “doesn’t want Ukraine,” adding: “Hell, He’s got enough land” to be satisfied, then I need to call it absolute bulls**t. (RELATED: Putin Plans To Quickly Take Out UK And French Nukes)
Bannon elicited the answer when he asked Tuberville if there was “any logical way, when they talk about this peace conference all that, that the Russians are gonna give up Donbas and the eastern-speaking Russian provinces of Crimea or things that they feel that they fought for and control those territories? Because [Volodymyr] Zelensky and these guys said we can’t even have a meeting or can’t even really go forward to a peace conference if that’s on the table from Russia.”
And Tuberville’s complete response was mind boggling, and embarrassing:
They had a done deal, we all know that, but we talked [to Ukraine] them, “Hey, we’ll give you whatever it takes, we’re gonna give you, you’re gonna be able to fight these Russians and knock ’em back.”
How many clips have you seen of a battle in Ukraine? Zero in the last 6, 7, 8 months? It’s one-sided. Putin’s just kind of sitting back watching what’s going on, wondering, “hey, when y’all going to come over and we’ll, we’ll draw a line here.” He doesn’t want Ukraine. He doesn’t want Europe. Hell, he’s got enough land of his own. He just wants to make sure that he does not have United States weapons in Ukraine pointing at Moscow.
Anyone who knows anything about Putin knows that he believes Ukraine isn’t really an independent country and that the entire nation is part of Russia.
Hell, Tommy, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was originally intended to swallow the entire country. He just miscalculated the resistance.
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“First of all, I would like to reiterate that Ukraine is just not our neighboring country. It’s an integral part of our history, culture, and spiritual space,” said Putin shortly before launching his attack.
“Let’s start with the fact that modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia, more precisely, by Bolshevik, communist Russia. This process began almost immediately after the 1917 revolution,” Putin added.
Putin has also spoken openly and frequently about his other aims to establish a “Greater Russia.” His likely targets after Ukraine are the three tiny Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which have significant Russian speaking populations.
He is also causing turmoil in Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova which borders on Ukraine as well as NATO country Romania. There he has a sizable contingent of Russian troops.
And there are many other ways Russia is using “hybrid warfare” tactics against NATO countries already.
So, anyone who believes Putin has enough land and doesn’t want more is simply wrong. Come on Tommy, wake the hell up.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.
Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for state and federal office, taught political science, wrote for the editorial board of a major newspaper and had his own radio show. A graduate of Georgetown, London and Cambridge universities, he brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty – at home and from abroad. To read more go to: paulcrespo.com.
Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for state and federal office, taught political science, wrote for the editorial board of a major newspaper and had his own radio show. A graduate of Georgetown, London and Cambridge universities, he brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty – at home and from abroad. To read more go to: paulcrespo.com.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Wednesday that he threatened to “kick ass” during a heated confrontation last year, while firmly denying reports that he threatened to punch the now-acting Director of National Intelligence “in the face.”
The unusual exchange emerged during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, where Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) pressed Bessent about reports surrounding a confrontation between the two Trump administration officials during the summer of 2025.
According to Bessent, one key detail in the widely circulated account was inaccurate.
While he denied threatening.
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ANALYSIS – Seriously, Tommy? What the hell? First, let me say that I’m a fan of Senator Tommy Tuberville. He is a commonsense conservative who fights for what is right.
His holds on military promotions over abortion and wokeness were valiant.
But when you go off the rails, I need to call it out.
And when Tuberville absurdly tells Steve Bannon’s “War Room” Wednesday that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin “doesn’t want Ukraine,” adding: “Hell, He’s got enough land” to be satisfied, then I need to call it absolute bulls**t. (RELATED: Putin Plans To Quickly Take Out UK And French Nukes)
Mediaite notes that:
And Tuberville’s complete response was mind boggling, and embarrassing:
He is wrong on all counts.
And this Putin-appeasement syndrome by some American conservatives, such as Tuberville, and Tucker Carlson, is ignorant, embarrassing and just plain stupid. (RELATED: Tucker Carlson: I Always Carry A Gun As A ‘Statement Of Autonomy’)
Anyone who knows anything about Putin knows that he believes Ukraine isn’t really an independent country and that the entire nation is part of Russia.
Hell, Tommy, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was originally intended to swallow the entire country. He just miscalculated the resistance.
“First of all, I would like to reiterate that Ukraine is just not our neighboring country. It’s an integral part of our history, culture, and spiritual space,” said Putin shortly before launching his attack.
“Let’s start with the fact that modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia, more precisely, by Bolshevik, communist Russia. This process began almost immediately after the 1917 revolution,” Putin added.
“And in 1954, for some reason, Khrushchev took Crimea from Russia and gave it to Ukraine. Actually, this is how the territory of Soviet Ukraine was formed.” (RELATED: Russia Upgrades Facility Near Ukraine, Raising Concerns Of Nuclear Weapon Storage)
Putin has also spoken openly and frequently about his other aims to establish a “Greater Russia.” His likely targets after Ukraine are the three tiny Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which have significant Russian speaking populations.
He is also causing turmoil in Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova which borders on Ukraine as well as NATO country Romania. There he has a sizable contingent of Russian troops.
And there are many other ways Russia is using “hybrid warfare” tactics against NATO countries already.
So, anyone who believes Putin has enough land and doesn’t want more is simply wrong. Come on Tommy, wake the hell up.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.
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Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for state and federal office, taught political science, wrote for the editorial board of a major newspaper and had his own radio show. A graduate of Georgetown, London and Cambridge universities, he brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty – at home and from abroad. To read more go to: paulcrespo.com.
Paul Crespo
Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for state and federal office, taught political science, wrote for the editorial board of a major newspaper and had his own radio show. A graduate of Georgetown, London and Cambridge universities, he brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty – at home and from abroad. To read more go to: paulcrespo.com.
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