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Scott Bessent: “We didn't have regime change, but we changed the regime. The…”

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

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Bessent: This was Iran's BIG mistake

Published | Video Starts at 00:47

Well, what I have confidence in is that President Trump's going to hold them to it, that with the Iranians, we'll see their government. As I, as I've said, We didn't have regime change, but we changed the regime. The first layer there was decapitated. Second layer decapitated. We're on the third group. So maybe they've seen what happened to the others and they see what President Trump is willing to do. (00:47–00:57)

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Asserts that the Iranian regime has been significantly altered by external actions.

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