If you're an elected official or have been appointed/nominated to a government post by one, you're undoubtedly going to face protesters at some point because it's just the nature of the beast.
That goes double, of course, if you are a member of a Republican president's administration, where the political opposition's goal is to drum up outrage to the extent they're willing to put ads out for paid demonstrators to show up at marches, town halls, etc., to give off the public impression that the disagreement with what's going on is widespread and overwhelming.
Whether a paid protester or not, sometimes situations involving agitators trying to directly confront public officials can get scary. And in times like these, where radical leftist extremists are literally shooting to kill, as we saw with Charlie Kirk's assassination in September, and the two assassination attempts on then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in 2024 (one of which very nearly succeeded), it doesn't hurt to be a little extra careful.
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But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent seems like the cool and collected type, able to gauge when danger is present and when it's not, which is the impression he gave during a recent outing in Washington, D.C., where agitators were seen outside of a restaurant he was preparing to enter, yelling at him.
Here's how Bessent handled it:
Groups of anti-Trump protestors have regularly flocked to the conservative hotspot Butterworth's just blocks from the US Capitol for months.
The restaurant, which only opened last year, is frequently visited by Republican bigwig congressmen and Trump administration officials.
[...]
But on Thursday evening, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flipped the script on the curb-dwelling, raging hecklers.
Bessent, intrigued by the peculiar antics, stopped directly in front of the crazed and screaming cohort of protestors to laugh and film them as they bravely howled 'Donald Trump eat s***.'
Standing tall at around 6'4, the treasury secretary and his security personnel appeared undisturbed despite the raspy screams of the three protestors...
Watch (language warning):
Secretary Bessent not phased by tonight’s Butterworth protestors. pic.twitter.com/nD5UoRI2MR
— White Guy Fieri (@whiteguyfieri) November 20, 2025
His reaction earned him some kudos on social media:
Most unflappable person I've ever interviewed https://t.co/4P4kTbgGZU
— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) November 21, 2025
I swear. He's the chillest thing ever. Old school and need MOAR.
— tree hugging sister 🎃 (@WelbornBeege) November 21, 2025
Oh.
And I'm so JELLY you had time with my man crush!!! 🤣😍
Patriot 🐐 https://t.co/6pldzm9h7l
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 21, 2025
😆 Scott out for a night stroll https://t.co/XLI6bxQuiB pic.twitter.com/OYPXzZvwSV
— King Cotton Kabuki 👑 (@supesukauboi420) November 21, 2025
This guy is a legend!!! https://t.co/dn0mKgztAQ
— louis beauregard (@louisbeaur67063) November 21, 2025
Based on this and some of the things he's said and done as Treasury Secretary, I'm inclined to agree!
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