‘Kind of like the Keystone Cops’: Scott Bessent mocks ‘Baghdad Bob’-style Iran regime, makes huge prediction on oil prices

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (Official White House photo by Daniel Torok)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked the Iranian regime Sunday as “Keystone Cops” as he expressed optimism oil prices would drop “much below” what they were before the U.S. commenced Operation Epic Fury against the Islamic Republic.

Former Iraqi Information Minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, better known as “Baghdad Bob”

“They’re kind of like the Keystone Cops here,” Bessent said on “Sunday Morning...