US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, one of the few high-quality hires in Trump's tenure, just said that Iran's oil storage island is about to become full, meaning they will have to shut down production permanently.

Iran's banks have been closed, their crypto deleted, their fiat currency is becoming worthless, their refineries are destroyed. Soon they will have no more new revenue. Finally, with the UAE leaving OPEC and the US allowing Russia to sell oil, the economic damage is minimized to the world.

When the maniacs in charge of Iran are finally deposed, their wonderful civilization will once again flourish.






Here is the text of his X post:

"The Treasury Department, through Economic Fury, has targeted Iran’s international shadow banking infrastructure, access to crypto, shadow fleet, weapons procurement networks, funding for terrorist proxies in the region, and independent Chinese “teapot” refineries that support Iran’s oil trade. These actions have disrupted tens of billions of dollars in revenue that would be used to fund terrorism.   Under

@POTUS ' maximum pressure campaign, Tehran’s inflation has doubled and its currency has rapidly depreciated.   Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil export terminal, is soon nearing storage capacity, which will force the regime to reduce oil production, resulting in an additional approximately $170 million per day in lost revenue, and causing permanent damage to Iran’s oil infrastructure. Treasury will continue to exert maximum pressure and any person, vessel, or entity facilitating illicit flows to Tehran risks exposure to U.S. sanctions.

https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2049281442451001711

Bessent has shown himself to be an ignorant fool and has uttered so many ridiculous statements so far I just don't know how he can be considered a high quality anything. He feels like a typical Trump pick, very much bottom of the barrel stuff. His attempts to negotiate with Iran have been pathetic and I really haven't seen him do anything that was impressive yet.

And he seems to be a doing a terrible job with the economy, though the ridiculous policies of his boss are not doing him any favors.

31 minutes ago, davb said:

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, one of the few high-quality hires in Trump's tenure

High-quality hire?
I thought to MAGA an openly gay man married with a husband would be a DEI hire.
Isn’t that internally inconsistent in MAGAWorld?
If Buttigieg won the presidency in 2028, would you consider him a 'quality hire' for the role, or would that be judged by a different standard?

Condolenses to the forum liberals who were desperate to see Trump/USA/freedom fail and for the islamo-fascist regime to win. Well, bad luck fellas you backed the wrong horse again.

Trump WON😅

5 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

I thought to MAGA an openly gay man married with a husband would be a DEI hire.
Isn’t that internally inconsistent in MAGAWorld?
If Buttigieg won the presidency in 2028, would you consider him a 'quality hire' for the role, or would that be judged by a different standard?

Nope. Different situation. Gay men can be quite vicious and in ways not just physical. As warfighters this is good and has been taken advantage of by various militaries (homosexuality is not genetic, it's caused by emotions warped from disturbed past events. People in this state can have their passions funneled toward a target, and in this case, the target is the fatherly Iranian mullahs). Look at how the Ukrainian army, filled with aggressive homosexuals, has fought well against the superior Russian forces.

Buttigieg, as a president with those some qualities, or at least the same emotional difficulties, would have been a disaster.

34 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

High-quality hire?
I thought to MAGA an openly gay man married with a husband would be a DEI hire.
Isn’t that internally inconsistent in MAGAWorld?
If Buttigieg won the presidency in 2028, would you consider him a 'quality hire' for the role, or would that be judged by a different standard?

His sexual preferences mean absolutely nothing to me, and that's not on any level the reason why I dislike the man. If anything maybe I give him a few extra points for being gay in a Trump Administration.

And no internet must life difficult for all

Iran's banks have been closed, their crypto deleted

Off topic, I know. But what happened to the crypto that was supposed to be safely beyond the reach of governments?

3 hours ago, davb said:

Nope. Different situation. Gay men can be quite vicious and in ways not just physical. As warfighters this is good and has been taken advantage of by various militaries (homosexuality is not genetic, it's caused by emotions warped from disturbed past events. People in this state can have their passions funneled toward a target, and in this case, the target is the fatherly Iranian mullahs). Look at how the Ukrainian army, filled with aggressive homosexuals, has fought well against the superior Russian forces.

Buttigieg, as a president with those some qualities, or at least the same emotional difficulties, would have been a disaster.

Congratulations you won the prize for the most ignorant post of the day. The amount of cluelessness within that one paragraph of yours is beyond comprehension.

6 hours ago, davb said:

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, one of the few high-quality hires in Trump's tenure, just said that Iran's oil storage island is about to become full, meaning they will have to shut down production permanently.

Iran's banks have been closed, their crypto deleted, their fiat currency is becoming worthless, their refineries are destroyed. Soon they will have no more new revenue. Finally, with the UAE leaving OPEC and the US allowing Russia to sell oil, the economic damage is minimized to the world.

When the maniacs in charge of Iran are finally deposed, their wonderful civilization will once again flourish.






Here is the text of his X post:

"The Treasury Department, through Economic Fury, has targeted Iran’s international shadow banking infrastructure, access to crypto, shadow fleet, weapons procurement networks, funding for terrorist proxies in the region, and independent Chinese “teapot” refineries that support Iran’s oil trade. These actions have disrupted tens of billions of dollars in revenue that would be used to fund terrorism.   Under

@POTUS ' maximum pressure campaign, Tehran’s inflation has doubled and its currency has rapidly depreciated.   Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil export terminal, is soon nearing storage capacity, which will force the regime to reduce oil production, resulting in an additional approximately $170 million per day in lost revenue, and causing permanent damage to Iran’s oil infrastructure. Treasury will continue to exert maximum pressure and any person, vessel, or entity facilitating illicit flows to Tehran risks exposure to U.S. sanctions.

https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2049281442451001711

"Finally, with the UAE leaving OPEC and the US allowing Russia to sell oil, the economic damage is minimized to the world"

I still get a kick out of seeing the lack of knowledge, common sense, and grp on reality from the MAGA cult.

Economic damage is minimized!

BTW, who is the guy in the white coat. The guy with the dry nappies?

Edited April 29Apr 29 by BLMFem

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Bessent has shown himself to be an ignorant fool and has uttered so many ridiculous statements so far I just don't know how he can be considered a high quality anything. He feels like a typical Trump pick, very much bottom of the barrel stuff. His attempts to negotiate with Iran have been pathetic and I really haven't seen him do anything that was impressive yet.

And he seems to be a doing a terrible job with the economy, though the ridiculous policies of his boss are not doing him any favors.

He is Secretary of the Treasury. What are you?

Bet you cant give the forum any facts, as usual, to support your endless hate spews which appear to be the product of profound mental illness.

So tell us, what "ridiculous statements" hass he made? Surely you have those at your fingertips along with your huge library of cut and paste anto Trump propaganda.

You wont answer because you are afraid of me and the questions I ask, which force you to look for places you dont want to see inside your head.

1 hour ago, BLMFem said:

I still get a kick out of seeing the lack of knowledge, common sense, and grp on reality from the MAGA cult.

Economic damage is minimized!

So you think that cartels are good?

Whats wrong with Russia selling oil at this point?. They arent at war with the world.

3 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Economic damage is minimized!

Notice this just-released AP story:
"US consumer confidence inches higher in April despite Iran war, soaring gasoline price"

The people know what's going on.

https://apnews.com/article/consumer-confidence-conference-board-prices-inflation-91e835feb0bf4f998c8b2f4dc112c28b

Edited April 29Apr 29 by davb

UPDATE: Trump says this about the Iranian government:

"They are choking like a stuffed pig."



And Centcom announced on Twitter that 42 ships have been turned back as part of the blockade, withholding $6 billion of oil that the Iranian regime would have used for sponsoring terrorism and blackmail throughout the world.





New York Post source: https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/us-news/trump-says-iran-choking-like-a-stuffed-pig-on-strait-of-hormuz-blockade/

Centcom X post: https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2049594027582832881

18 hours ago, davb said:

Nope. Different situation. Gay men can be quite vicious and in ways not just physical. As warfighters this is good and has been taken advantage of by various militaries (homosexuality is not genetic, it's caused by emotions warped from disturbed past events. People in this state can have their passions funneled toward a target, and in this case, the target is the fatherly Iranian mullahs). Look at how the Ukrainian army, filled with aggressive homosexuals, has fought well against the superior Russian forces.

Buttigieg, as a president with those some qualities, or at least the same emotional difficulties, would have been a disaster.

Do you take some sort of psychedelic substance to manufacture such "facts"? The Ukrainian forces are filled with gay men? You've done a personal thorough study of brain physiology and brain chemistry to arrive at your Falwellian answer? How do you then explain the little milquetoast dweeb Speaker, who is an official of a group called "Pray Out the Gay", yet has been unable to achieve "redemption" from his own proclivities?

15 hours ago, impulse said:

Off topic, I know. But what happened to the crypto that was supposed to be safely beyond the reach of governments?

Continuing off topic....even BEFORE AI + quantum computers vacuum up all the crypto in existence, the North Korean govt, using only existing hacking techniques, runs itself off stolen crypto. In the past, the DPRK used to fund itself selling drugs out of its embassies, but as they are among the world's Top 5 in terms of hacking ability, they've found a new way to cover the cost of those Hwasong 20s that can hit the US and carry nukes they learned how to miniaturize during Trump's 1st term (Kim Jong-un hosed Trump nine ways from Sunday with a couple of "love letters", while ordering his nuke experts, missile techs and enrichment scientists to go full speed ahead.) Kim even had his techs switch nuke testing to supercomputers, rather than actual detonations, during Trump 1.0.

18 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Condolenses to the forum liberals who were desperate to see Trump/USA/freedom fail and for the islamo-fascist regime to win. Well, bad luck fellas you backed the wrong horse again.

Trump WON😅

Condolences to MAGAs who now must pay an average of $4.35/gallon to fill their Ford F-150 pickup, plus see the cost of Moon Pies and RC Cola and chewing tobacco skyrocket as "affordability" is not a Chinese hoax, but rather a direct result of their messiah's tariffs, war of choice, and general incompetence.

Now Trump is begging Iran to agree to the same deal Obama got in 2015 without all the shooting and wasted money. That degree of woeful personal insecurity and incompetence is how Trump managed to bankrupt casinos. Trump has brought that same "skill" to bankrupting the US and running the military stockpiles into the ground. It only gets worse from here, as increasing dementia enhances Trump's incompetence.

That Kamala is looking a heck of a lot better, isn't she? I bet Trump would trade Melania in for a little bit of Kamala. At least Kamala looks like a woman, while Melania looks like the kind of "gender" that might try to lift your wallet on a late night Sukhumvit stroll.

"When you mistake losing for winning, you know you're MAGA"

2 minutes ago, Wingate said:

Condolences to MAGAs who now must pay an average of $4.35/gallon to fill their Ford F-150 pickup

No such condolences for the left wing idiots in Australia who voted Labour, now increased interest rates their monthly mortgage payments will increase.

Edited April 30Apr 30 by SAFETY FIRST

19 hours ago, LosLobo said:

High-quality hire?
I thought to MAGA an openly gay man married with a husband would be a DEI hire.
Isn’t that internally inconsistent in MAGAWorld?
If Buttigieg won the presidency in 2028, would you consider him a 'quality hire' for the role, or would that be judged by a different standard?

So you are bigoted against gays

19 hours ago, davb said:

the economic damage is minimized to the world.

The economic damage to the world was caused by Trump, not the Iranians. Some win.

And if things are as bad as they say you are, who do you think they will invite in to help them rebuild? I doubt it will be the US.

7 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

No such condolences for the left wing idiots in Australia who voted Labour, now increased interest rates their monthly mortgage payments will increase.

Only 2 oil refineries. They closed the others. They export unrefined oil to Singapore then buy it back.

20 minutes ago, phetphet said:

The economic damage to the world was caused by Trump, not the Iranians.

Trump pleaded with the Iranians not to make him do this

It is the fault of the Iranian government.

23 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Only 2 oil refineries. They closed the others. They export unrefined oil to Singapore then buy it back.

The government has failed us.

Poor Aussie battler can't afford a $50 dollar packet of cigarettes, beer and cigarette taxes are killing Aussies.

Sadly, the government chooses to export, give away our tax free gas.

Edited April 30Apr 30 by SAFETY FIRST

13 hours ago, Yagoda said:

He is Secretary of the Treasury. What are you?

Bet you cant give the forum any facts, as usual, to support your endless hate spews which appear to be the product of profound mental illness.

So tell us, what "ridiculous statements" hass he made? Surely you have those at your fingertips along with your huge library of cut and paste anto Trump propaganda.

You wont answer because you are afraid of me and the questions I ask, which force you to look for places you dont want to see inside your head.

You should check out some other forums...

22 hours ago, davb said:

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, one of the few high-quality hires in Trump's tenure, just said that Iran's oil storage island is about to become full, meaning they will have to shut down production permanently.

As Bessent is patting himself on the back, the exact same thing in happening in the other Gulf States which can no longer export their oil. Storage facilities fill up, oil pumping shuts down. The EXACT same mechanics with the EXACT same results. Congratulations Bessent, you and your master, Trump, have successfully destroyed the Gulf oil industry while smugly claiming to only destroy Iran.

7 minutes ago, connda said:

As Bessent is patting himself on the back, the exact same thing in happening in the other Gulf States which can no longer export their oil. Storage facilities fill up, oil pumping shuts down. The EXACT same mechanics with the EXACT same results. Congratulations Bessent, you and your master, Trump, have successfully destroyed the Gulf oil industry while smugly claiming to only destroy Iran.

Relax North America and South America are the new middle east. Is it a coincidence that the US gained control of Venezuelan oil preceding the Iran war ? (ChatGPT)

6 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

So you are bigoted against gays

Speaking for myself I'm bigoted against stupidity, especially the voluntary kind, so that's why I'm anti-MAGA.

Carl Sagan said it best.

On 4/29/2026 at 11:13 AM, davb said:

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, one of the few high-quality hires in Trump's tenure

hahaha. I stopped reading after that sentence. What a joke. He is so radical

The price of Brent crude oil surged to around $123 a barrel early Thursday as stalled U.S.-Iran talks raised doubts over the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a permanent end to the Iran war.

Brent crude to be delivered in June jumped 4.1% to $122.88 after briefly soaring past $125 per barre

Will 150$ become the new bench mark as the Blockade continues.

If so what then will be the new gallon prices I wonder?

1. The "25-Cent Rule"

Economists often use a standard rule of thumb to correlate oil and gasoline prices: for every $10 increase in the price of a barrel of crude oil, the retail price of gasoline typically rises by about 25 cents per gallon.