You don’t see this happening too often. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was unable to complete his most recent interview. As Bessent was in a sit-down interview with Sky News, the interview was suddenly broken up after Bessent received word that President Trump needed him in the Situation Room. The Independent reported more on the interview being interrupted: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was called to the Situation Room by President Trump mid-way through a TV interview on Thursday. Bessent was being asked a question by Wilfred Frost of Sky News in the UK when an off-camera voice called for the treasury secretary. “The president wants you right away,” the voice said. Bessent began rapidly looking around the room as an aide rushed to remove his microphone. He left the interview at 10.22 am and returned almost two hours later at 12.07 pm. “Mr. Secretary, it’s a first, I’m sure a last as well, that an interviewee has been pulled away to go to the Situation Room,” Frost said upon Bessent’s return. “How’s the president? Is he stressed?” Frost continued. Bessent began stuttering while answering Frost’s question. “Uh, no, the president is in great spirits,” Bessent began. “The Iranian mission is proceeding well ahead of schedule and I have to tell you, well, that I have a teenage…teenager who is considering military service.” Praising both President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Bessent added, “I would trust my child’s life in their hands. Bessent and his husband, John Freeman, have two children, Cole and Caroline. Following the interruption, Frost asked Bessent about tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. The flow of oil tankers through the shipping lane, one of the busiest in the world, has been severely restricted amid the ongoing conflict. However, Bessent told Frost that he believes the Islamic Republic’s forces have not placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz as reports have suggested. Here’s the moment it happened: Watch the moment a call from the White House situation room interrupts U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent's interview with Sky's @WilfredFrost pic.twitter.com/4XNNvRuHJX — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 12, 2026 New Jersey reported that once Bessent returend he discussed the cost of the Iran War: Later in the interview, Bessent was asked about the running cost of the war — leading him to point to $11 billion, a number that he said has been made public. While acknowledging it is “a lot of money,” he said he was not concerned about the state of U.S. finances. “We have cushions built in, and it’s not something that we have to worry about over this horizon,” Bessent said. When asked if he would have to eventually ask Trump to pause the war, Bessent replied “absolutely not.” Bessent was also pressed on the spike in oil prices since Operation Epic Fury was launched on Feb. 28. He noted that it was his “belief” that the U.S. Navy, and potentially an international coalition, will begin escorting vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route that contains about a fifth of the world’s daily oil supply.