Treasury Secretary Bessent on Iran's Kharg Island, Paraguay and homeownership
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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- 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." Post
- 16:14 ET: Bessent said he met Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and that they "reaffirmed our shared commitment to strengthening economic cooperation and advancing secure and resilient critical minerals supply chains." Post
- 09:04 ET: Bessent said "this Administration continues to restore the path to affordable homeownership for millions of young and working families." Post