This week marks six months since the war with Iran started, a war that the U.S.
Launched along with Israel and that President Trump initially said would last only weeks.
Right from the beginning, we projected four to five weeks, but we have capability to go far along.
Now, as the war carries on with no end in sight, the U.S.
Announced the beginning of a new phase, one led by Treasury Secretary Scott Besant.
In the Second World War, D-Day marked the historic beginning of a campaign with our allies to target
and drive the enemy from its positions.
Yesterday, Besant held a highly anticipated press conference to announce what he called an economic D-Day on Iran.
In that same spirit, we are launching an economic onslaught against Iran's financial connections around the globe.
It was billed as a key moment in the larger war against Iran.
There were dozens of reporters there.
That's our colleague Brian Schwartz, who reports on economic policy.
It was supposed to be this moment for Secretary Peasant to kind of take a leading role in shaping how the U.S.
Was going to respond against Iran's economy.
And I mean, what do you make of the comparison with D-Day?
Well, I mean...
D-Day, you think of, you know, Americans running on the beaches of Normandy fighting the Nazis.
This is a momentous hour in world history.
This is the invasion of Hitler's Europe.
I don't think this is an apt comparison, but if you're the Trump administration,