Scott Bessent: “John Deere said that he's building two new factories…”

Name: Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE'
Uploaded: 2026-02-12T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 13 s
Description: Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE'

“There were more than 170,000 private sector jobs and there were about a 40,000 decrease in government jobs.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 00:49-00:59

“Last month we hit a three year low in mortgage rates.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 06:17-06:22

“The affordability or the amount of income needed to buy the average house come down about 4%.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 06:44-06:51

“We put the necessary ingredients policies into place and now they're starting to pay off.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 00:36-00:43

“We are re privatizing the economy.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 01:02-01:05

“If the fourth quarter comes in around that level, we will bend about 3% for the year.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 01:53-01:59

“We've got very large foreign direct investment.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 02:02-02:06

“We had a big increase in construction jobs.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 02:07-02:11

“I would expect a continual pickup in construction.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 02:40-02:44

“We both want higher deposit insurance levels to help community banks.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 05:14-05:21

“We both want to see the crypto legislation, the Clarity act, get done.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 05:21-05:26

“The Fed...lowered rates twice.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 06:21-06:28

“The spread between the treasury bond and the mortgage rate has compressed.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 06:34-06:42

“Nationally we're seeing rents come down.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 06:51-06:53

“The President last March gave me the order via treasury to exert maximum pressure on the Iranians and it worked.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 08:20-08:30

“We are tracking the Iranian leadership, the money that they're sending around the world.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 08:58-09:03

“The President has done tax deals, peace deals and trade deals.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 10:22-10:27

“The tax deal, whether it's the full expensing for corporates, for both capital expenditure and factories, I think that's what's driving this…”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 10:26-10:38

“The trade deals are bringing money in from overseas like we've never seen before.”

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE' | Uploaded February 12, 2026 | 10:38-10:44

“We could see substantial decreases in the oil price with Venezuela, Iran, and if Russia, Ukraine gets solved, that's a lot more oil that…”

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