Bessent on Kharg Island: "We'll see if that eventually becomes a US asset"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I know just who should be our first viceroy there.

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Mark Jacob
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The U.S. used to say it wanted to "make the world safe for democracy." Now it wants to "make the world unable to stop us from stealing everyone's stuff."

‪Aaron Rupar‬
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Bessent on Kharg Island: "We'll see if that eventually becomes a US asset"


9:19 AM · Mar 19, 2026

The U.S. used to say it wanted to "make the world safe for democracy." Now it wants to "make the world unable to stop us from stealing everyone's stuff."

— Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T13:19:52.202Z

Aaron Rupar
‪@atrupar.com‬

Bessent on Kharg Island: "We'll see if that eventually becomes a US asset"


9:02 AM · Mar 19, 2026

Bessent on Kharg Island: "We'll see if that eventually becomes a US asset"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-19T13:02:00.168Z

[leftstreet]

1. Failed Hedge Fund Manager says what?

[malaise]

2. It is always about stealing land and recources

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Imperialism

[Kid Berwyn]

15. KHARGH ISLE 51!

No hurricanes for them to use as an excuse for help every week, neither.

[odins folly]

3. Excuse me but,

Why the fuck is the treasury secretary talking about any of this shit????

Shouldn’t it be lil marco or keystone be the one on tv talking about this?????

Fuckin assholes….

[Bettie]

4. He probably called "dibs"

on that, so he gets to talk about it.

[hatrack]

5. Maybe he's marginally more intelligent than Whiskey Pete?

Granted, it's not much of a reach, but . . .

[malaise]

10. You are correct

but in a kakistocracy, they are all incompetents and thieves.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Because he knows to the penny what it is worth.

[Martin Eden]

6. What's the use of having the world's greatest military if you can't use it to kill those you hate & take what you want?

Who's gonna stop King Donald and his KKKourt?
Congress?
US Supreme Court?
NATO?
The UN?
International Criminal Court?

The American People?

[Kid Berwyn]

16. Like Al Capone on discovering the Tommy Gun

“Hey, look! A machine gun ya can carry around’ like a baby!”

Via Tony from “Scarface” 1932.

[malaise]

17. Particularly since more than a few others share that view

Rec

[Martin Eden]

18. The slaughter of more than a hundred Iranian schoogirls matter naught to them

But paying more at the gas pump irks their supporters.

[malaise]

19. THIS

How devout?

[Martin Eden]

21. Most are devout, until...

Leopards eat their faces.

[Lovie777]

7. Current administration would need lots of boots on the ground...................

[Swede]

8. Lots of flag draped coffins.

It will be a nightmare

[SamuelTheThird]

9. Theyll destroy it before allowing that to happen

[surfered]

11. These people are nuts. Venezuela, Cuba, Kharg Island? Empire or new Colonial period.

[Irish_Dem]

13. The Trump crime family empire.

[malaise]

20. He thinks he's playing Monopoly

with countries

[taxi]

14. One snag in that strategy is the part where they find out

the oil that is shipped from there has to be pumped out to the island.

[Johonny]

22. He has heard of terrorism, right?