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Bessent Warns Iran’s Economy Could Turn Nonlinear in Weeks
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- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Democrats have little ability to stop President Donald Trump’s agenda.
- He said Treasury’s tariff authority helped halt loadings at Iran’s Kharg Island since August.
- Bessent warned Iran has no oil on the water.
- Bessent said Iran’s economy could become nonlinear in four to eight weeks.
- President Donald Trump claimed Russia agreed to supply diesel globally and that administration temporarily lifted U.S. sanctions on Russian fuel.