Bessent Flails as Trump’s Phony “Economic D-Day” on Iran Is Exposed

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent struggled to explain how the Trump administration’s vague, toothless threat of more sanctions against Iran—which the president is calling an “economic D-Day”—was anything like the actual D-Day.  Bessent held a Monday afternoon press conference to make himself known.  “Beginning today … Treasury and other agencies will tighten the noose and block every potential source of revenue that funds the IRGC and the evil Iranian regime. We are enforcing a zero leakage…