Bessent said the US would start by sending timelines to individual countries to shut down identified activities rather than immediately imposing sanctions.
“So Iran’s strongest protection comes from China, while Turkiye, Iraq, the UAE, and other regional partners are more likely to reduce exposure if secondary sanctions become sufficiently credible and costly,”
Umud ShokriSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 24verbatim · 1 source
Shokri said Iran's strongest protection comes from China while regional partners are likely to reduce exposure if secondary sanctions become costly.
The Treasury has frozen Iranian assets around the world, cracked down on the regime's shadow banking networks, and sanctioned the Persian Gulf Strait Authority.
Trump warned that any country allowing its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any type of lifeline to Iran would face economic consequences.
“A couple possessions later, she came back and said, ‘She’s not gonna sleep with you.’ And I was shocked. I was like, ‘Listen, I’m not trying to sleep with her. I think she’s awesome. She’s a good friend.’ But I think it has a lot to do with my shirt.”
Enes Kanter FreedomSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 24verbatim · 1 source
Freedom recounted that Natasha Cloud made a remark to him and explained his response, attributing the clash to his shirt.
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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer called reports that French language protections were up for debate a 'funny fake story' and denied it was true.
“People … in western North Carolina are fairly united that there wasn’t enough done and that Helene relief has been more of a failure than a victory. The question is who they blame for that.”
Christopher CooperSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 24verbatim · 1 source
Christopher Cooper said people in western North Carolina are fairly united that Helene relief has been more of a failure than a victory and the question is who they blame.
“By this September or October, there’s going to be a pretty compelling argument from the lower basin that the upper basin hasn’t met its delivery obligation,”
Rhett LarsonSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 24verbatim · 2 sources
Larson predicted that lower basin states would argue the upper basin failed to meet its delivery obligations under the Colorado River compact.