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'I don't know what the goal is': Michael McFaul reacts to Bessent's 'economic D-day' threat
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1:44Now PlayingIn an op-ed in the Financial Times, Scott Bessent warns the U.S. is going to launch "the single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary." Michael McFaul joins Money Power Politics to discuss whether this will lead to an end to the war with Iran.
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