{"id":70594,"date":"2026-08-24T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70594"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:23:08","slug":"trumps-treasury-secretary-threatens-to-blow-up-the-global-financial-system-to-get-iran-to-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70594","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Treasury Secretary Threatens to ‘Blow Up the Global Financial System’ to Get Iran to Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fiasco in Iran is now in its sixth month. And despite relentless lying by Donald Trump about imaginary victories, the war drags on with no end in sight. The American people haven’t been fooled by Trump’s frequent declarations of victory and every recent poll reflects their disapproval.<\/p>\n

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Never mind that, according to Trump, Iran has no ability to fight back. He claims that their financial and military resources have been exhausted and\/or destroyed by American bombs. Which isn’t really anything to brag about. Because it means that Trump still can’t defeat what he describes as a broke and defenseless foe.<\/p>\n

SEE THIS: Trump Brags that He\u2019s Losing to Iran, a Country He Says Has No Money, Navy, or Air Force<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest act of desperation on Trump’s part has been to dispatch his Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, to issue some new and typically impotent threats aimed at manufacturing a macho image of a wartime president. The problem with this new PR mission is that it has no substance whatsoever, and worse, it actually works against the Trump regime’s objectives.<\/p>\n

Bessent called a press conference to announce a series of proposed sanctions on any country that aids Iran financially. He described his goal as the severing of “every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone.”<\/em> He calls the mission “Operation Economic Outcast.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Although Bessent’s presentation ignored the fact that the most potentially effective sanctions have already been in place for decades. and they haven’t been particularly effective. Which led to Bessent’s new proposals that he labeled an “Economic D-Day”<\/em> that wouldn’t go into effect until January. The press wasn’t impressed, and one reporter asked a pertinent question to get some clarification.<\/p>\n

Reporter:<\/strong> You described this as an Economic D-Day, but D-Day wasn’t a threat of an invasion, and the U.S. didn’t give a timeline to Germany. So why not impose the sanctions today?
\nBessent:<\/strong> Well, we are giving everyone the opportunity to remedy bad behavior. Why would I want to blow up the global financial system? We believe that it is important to level set and give people a cure period, but they should know that that will move very quickly and that we are serious.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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JUST TO BE CLEAR…
What Trump's Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, is saying is that he doesn't "want to blow up the global financial system" today. He wants to blow it up in January. ?<\/p>\n

Also, this "Economic D-Day" is an admission that Trump has failed militarily in Iran. https:\/\/t.co\/bOHik3Z1YX<\/a><\/p>\n

— News Corpse (@NewsCorpse) August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n