<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled on Thursday that President Donald Trump will use sanctions to cripple Iran&#8217;s Islamic regime and to bring Russia to the negotiating table to end its illegal war of aggression in Ukraine.</p>
<p>Bessent, who made the remarks while speaking to the Economic Club of New York, said that Trump was deploying aggressive sanctions against Iran for “immediate maximum impact.”</p>
<p>“We are going to shut down Iran’s oil sector and drone manufacturing capabilities,” Bessent said, adding that the administration also will cut off the regime&#8217;s access to the international financial system.</p>
<p>“Making Iran broke again will mark the beginning of our updated sanctions policy,” he added. “If I were an Iranian, I would get all my money out of the rial now.”</p>
<p>His remarks come after the world&#8217;s leading state sponsor of terrorism allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-disrupt-iranian-assassination-plot-on-trump">tried</a> on multiple occasions to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pakistani-with-close-ties-to-iran-charged-in-scheme-to-assassinate-trump-others">assassinate</a> Trump last year, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-placed-terrorists-in-us-with-access-to-surface-to-air-missiles-to-take-down-trump-plane-report">reports</a> that they smuggled shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles into the U.S.</p>
<p>Trump, since taking office in January, said that the U.S. military has orders to destroy Iran if the Islamic regime were to assassinate him.</p>
<p>“If they did that they would be obliterated,” Trump said. “I’ve left instructions. If they do it, they get obliterated. There won’t be anything left.”</p>
<p>Bessent also spoke about imposing tough sanctions on Russia to force them to the negotiating table to bring their 3-year war in Ukraine to an end.</p>
<p>&#8220;A major factor that has enabled the Russian war machine&#8217;s continued financing was the Biden administration&#8217;s egregiously weak sanctions on Russian energy stemming from worries about upward pressure on U.S. energy prices during an election season,&#8221; Bessent said. &#8220;In a craven political move, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, raised the Russian sanctions on the way out the door in January.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;What was the point of substantial U.S. military and financial support over the past three years without a commensurate and fulsome sanction support?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;This administration has kept the enhanced sanctions in place, and will not hesitate to go all in should it provide leverage in peace negotiations.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US will not hesitate to go “all in” on sanctions on Russian energy if it helps lead to a ceasefire in the Ukraine war.</p>
<p>Bessent spoke Thursday at the Economic Club of New York <a href="https://t.co/9Gsy848MTr">https://t.co/9Gsy848MTr</a> <a href="https://t.co/DqZvL7PFgy">pic.twitter.com/DqZvL7PFgy</a></p>
<p>— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/BloombergTV/status/1897715248733282725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote>

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