Finansministern Bessent diskuterar oljekris och Iran på CNBC

USA:s finansminister Scott Bessent medverkade på måndagen i CNBC för att tala om stigande oljepriser i samband med spänningar med Iran. Han beskrev administrationens strategi för att neutralisera Irans militära kapaciteter och hantera störningar i den globala oljeförsörjningen. Bessent försvarade också ett tillfälligt undantag från sanktioner mot rysk olja.

På måndagen talade USA:s finansminister Scott Bessent i CNBC om läget på de globala energimarknaderna, då olja som handlas i USA nådde 100 dollar per fat för endast tredje gången på ett decennium. Han beskrev fokuset på 'ormens huvud' i Teheran och konstaterade att president Trump vill 'degradera och förstöra kapaciteterna, regimens militära kapaciteter, förstöra flottan, vilket är gjort, flygvapnet, vilket är gjort'. Bessent noterade att bombkampanjer nu riktas mot fabriker för att förhindra återskapande av dessa tillgångar och kallade det en 'generational möjlighet att avsluta detta'.

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President Trump justified U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear program despite oil prices topping $100 per barrel, following Iranian attacks on tankers that disrupted Gulf shipping. He prioritized preventing Iran's nuclear armament over short-term energy costs, announcing further measures to ease U.S. gas prices.

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Following his recent suggestion of winding down U.S. operations, President Trump threatened new strikes on Iran while lifting sanctions and requesting massive funding, underscoring strategic uncertainty in the third-week war.

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Brent crude briefly rose above $100 a barrel early Thursday after two oil tankers were reported struck by projectiles near Iraq, adding to supply fears tied to the Iran war and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. officials said President Donald Trump authorized a 172 million-barrel release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning next week.

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