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Scott Bessent: “We have the deal, we don't have the deal, but we just…”

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

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FULL REMARKS: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Speaks At Reagan National Economic Forum

Published | Video Starts at 43:25

They have people who that want to keep up a quixotic fight and then they have people who want to settle. So they are also hashing it out. But there are three scenarios. We have the deal, we don't have the deal, but we just maintain the blockade and we keep squeezing them. And I think every day that goes by much worse for them or we go back to kinetic action. And President Trump, you know, Larry, I know it, he likes to create the most leverage for himself. (43:25–43:34)

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Asserts that maintaining the blockade is a strategy if no deal is reached.

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