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Friday 23 October 2026 (continued)

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Treasury Secretary Bessent on Iran's Kharg Island, Paraguay and homeownership

Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent X · Thu 22 Oct; times per post

10:01 ET: Bessent said: "Before: tankers filled Iran’s main oil-loading terminal. After: no crude tankers in sight." and "Kharg Island is now nothing more than a monument to the one thing the Iranian regime can still produce: failure."

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Trump on Iran and oil

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Truth Social · Thu 22 Oct; times per post

11:40 ET: Trump said Iran "is doing everything they can to drive up the price of Oil prior to the U.S. Midterm Election" and that "more Oil is coming through the Hormuz Strait now than it did even prior to the beginning of the Conflict".

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Trump on the Ohio governor's race, LeBron James, Central Park carriages and other topics

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Truth Social · Thu 22 Oct; times per post

14:38 ET: Trump defended Vivek Ramaswamy's ad about Amy Acton, saying the press "is trying to get Vivek Ramaswamy to “take down the Ad.”" Post

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