Bessent Declares "Economic D-Day" on Iran in FT Op-Ed, Issues Military Warning

💣 BESSENT — "Economic D-Day" with a military ultimatum attached. Why now? 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Bessent naming it publicly in FT transforms a sanctions package into a political declaration — forcing Beijing to respond on record, not quietly. The military deterrence clause ("Trump will respond swiftly") is aimed at Tehran but lands as a signal to China: economic defiance and military provocation are now treated as the same category of threat. This closes the ambiguity window Iran and Beijing have been exploiting.