The Minutes of Scott Bessent on strategy https://minutesof.com/scott-bessent/on/strategy/ Everything Scott Bessent has said on strategy: 3 verbatim quotes from August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:03:09 +0000 Bessent says Iran has long calculated American enforcement as negotiable while its own retaliation is certain. https://minutesof.com/q/1f28da10-c0b3-4a0b-a317-1042d0d874ed/ https://minutesof.com/q/1f28da10-c0b3-4a0b-a317-1042d0d874ed/ “For decades, this regime has drawn strength from a calculus that regards Iranian retaliation as certain and American enforcement as negotiable.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:35:41 +0000 strategy Bessent argues Treasury's credibility with secondary sanctions depends on not taking their use lightly. https://minutesof.com/q/843091be-b545-4271-9941-cd10a7015d0c/ https://minutesof.com/q/843091be-b545-4271-9941-cd10a7015d0c/ “And in the terrorism finance department and in OFAC, the reason we are able to use secondary sanctions is because we do not take their use lightly.” — Fox Business Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:24:48 +0000 strategy Bessent cites 2026 strategy identifying far-left terrorists as one of three major U.S. threats. https://minutesof.com/q/df2d32f1-2167-4e19-a9c6-0a06107330c4/ https://minutesof.com/q/df2d32f1-2167-4e19-a9c6-0a06107330c4/ “The 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy identifies violent far-left terrorist groups as one of the three major terrorist threats facing the United States today.” — Treasury press and remarks strategy