BESSENT DECLARES ECONOMIC D-DAY AS TREASURY LAUNCHES WAR ON IRAN | WAR ROOM AM W STEVE BANNON
It's Monday, August 24, 2026 — and Washington is in full action mode. Steve Bannon is joined by Neil McCabe as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prepares to announce the long-awaited "economic D-Day" / economic warfare proposal against Iran (the Persians) at 1 PM from the Treasury Department — not the Oval Office, Roosevelt Room, or East Room.
The timing was shifted to accommodate a White House school choice event around 2:30 PM. Bessent's move aims to sever every remaining economic lifeline to the Iranian regime in what is being billed as the single greatest financial offensive ever marshaled…
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