Scott Bessent: “Treasury, we're doing the financial blockade.”

“You close down their offshore bank accounts. You've closed down their oil operations. You basically closed the whole place down. It's kind of all over but the shouting, it seems to me. Well, Treasury, we're doing the financial blockade. And the U.S. navy, who you want to tell you about a group that hasn't been this active since World War II. It's the Navy. Yes. They've done an incredible job.” (04:25–04:29)

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