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Scott Bessent: “We are re privatizing the economy.”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

Scott Bessent: 'What the Iranians understand is brute FORCE'

Published February 12, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:02

There were more than 170,000 private sector jobs and there were about, there was about a 40,000 decrease in government jobs. So as I've been saying since this administration came into office, We are re privatizing the economy. Yeah, I just wanted to drill down on that just a little bit. We can put it up on the screen. (01:02–01:05)

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Asserts that the administration is shifting focus from government to private sector employment.

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“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
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