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2026-08-26 21:16:20 UTC

"A reporter asked a reasonable question. Why wasn’t the White House moving immediately against Iran’s largest trading partners? In other words, if this was D-Day, why the hedge? Bessent, who is really terrible at this, promptly undercut Trump’s six-day buildup by arguing that such a move would cause too much global economic chaos."
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