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Scott Bessent: “We are seeing more and more the fuel ships start to go…”

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

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Treasury Secretary Bessent: U.S. is allowing Iranian tankers through Strait of Hormuz

Published | Video Starts at 03:40

Is there a plan to get that fully, I don't want to say reopen. There was a tanker that ran through today, fully operational and safe for all global shipping. Well, let's pull that apart. So We are seeing more and more the fuel ships start to go through. The Iranian ships have been getting out already and we've let that happen to supply the rest of the world. We've seen Indian ships go out now. So the Indians who rely very heavily on Gulf oil, we believe some Chinese ships have gone out. (03:40–03:52)

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Asserts that fuel ships, including Iranian ones, are moving through to supply the world.

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