- Bessent has dressed down senior advisers and junior staffers over issues large and small.
- Trump has pressed Bessent to solve economic problems and end the Iran war through sweeping sanctions.
- A senior administration official said the president's entire economic policy agenda is on Bessent's shoulders.
- 20 months into his tenure, Bessent faces skepticism on Wall Street.
- The economy could derail Republican chances in November's midterm elections.
- No known tanker carrying Iranian crude has slipped past the U.S. blockade line since July.
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