Bessent Signals Trump To Crush Iran, Russia With Energy Sanctions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "If I were an Iranian, I would get all my money out of the rial now." His remarks come after the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism allegedly tried on multiple occasions to assassinate Trump last year, including reports that they smuggled shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles into the U.S. Trump, since taking office in January, said that the U.S. military has orders to destroy Iran if the Islamic regime were to assassinate him.
30% : "If they did that they would be obliterated," Trump said.
25% : Bessent, who made the remarks while speaking to the Economic Club of New York, said that Trump was deploying aggressive sanctions against Iran for "immediate maximum impact.

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