Bessent downplays Iran attacks: ‘The region is not on fire’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined others in the Trump administration in decrying “fantastical media accounts” about Iranian counterstrikes on Wednesday morning.  “The region is not on fire,” Bessent told CNBC.  The secretary was responding to a question about t...

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