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Scott Bessent: “We have told the Iranians that we would like a big deal.”

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

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's America 250 Address: Economic Statecraft, Tariffs, and the Dollar

Published | Video Starts at 26:07

Another is that nothing President Trump can do ever satisfies the media. So I would tell everyone, sit back, let this process take place. It is going to be a process. What we have done. We have told the Iranians that we would like a big deal. The Iranians have never, because of. I outlined it in my speech here last year when I said that I would, if I held the Iranian currency, I would get out because the currency is going to collapse. (26:07–26:13)

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Asserts that the U.S. has communicated to Iran a desire for a significant agreement.

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