Secretário do Tesouro Bessent discute crise do petróleo e Irã na CNBC

O secretário do Tesouro Scott Bessent apareceu na CNBC na segunda-feira para abordar o aumento dos preços do petróleo em meio às tensões com o Irã. Ele delineou a estratégia da administração para neutralizar as capacidades militares do Irã e gerenciar interrupções no fornecimento global de petróleo. Bessent também defendeu uma isenção temporária das sanções ao petróleo russo.

Na segunda-feira, o secretário do Tesouro dos EUA, Scott Bessent, falou na CNBC sobre a situação atual nos mercados globais de energia, com o petróleo negociado nos EUA atingindo US$ 100 por barril pela terceira vez apenas em uma década. Ele descreveu o foco na 'cabeça da serpente' em Teerã e afirmou que o presidente Trump visa 'degradar e destruir as capacidades, as capacidades militares do regime, destruir a Marinha, que está feito, a Força Aérea, que está feito'. Bessent observou que as campanhas de bombardeio agora visam fábricas para impedir a recriação desses ativos, chamando isso de uma 'oportunidade geracional para acabar com isso'.

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