Scott Bessent Just Told America About the Looming Bomb Runs That Will Leave Iran in Tears

Scott Bessent walked onto Fox Business Friday night while Iran's missile factories were still burning.

They're watching those factories get leveled.

And what he said on Kudlow about the biggest bombings yet will leave Tehran thinking they're Amalek.

Operation Epic Fury's Next Bombing Campaign Will Hit Iran's Missile Launchers Hardest

Bessent was blunt.

"Tonight will be our biggest bombing campaign," he told host Larry Kudlow. "And we'll do the most damage to the Iranian missile launchers, the factories that build the missiles, and we are substantially degrading them."

That wasn't a threat. That was an announcement.

Operation Epic Fury launched February 28 when President Trump ordered the most significant U.S. military action in the Middle East since the Iraq War. In the first 100 hours, American forces – B-2 stealth bombers, B-1B Lancers, F-35s, Tomahawk cruise missiles, and newly deployed one-way attack drones – struck nearly 2,000 targets across Iran.

The results have been overwhelming.

U.S. forces sank more than 30 Iranian ships, including the regime's warship named after Qasem Soleimani. Hegseth noted with satisfaction that "POTUS got him twice."

Iran's ability to fight back has collapsed. Ballistic missile launches are down 86% from day one. Drone attacks are down 73%. CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper made the mission's next phase plain: the U.S. isn't just destroying what Iran has – it's destroying Iran's ability to rebuild.

"We're not just hitting what they have," Cooper said. "We're destroying their ability to rebuild."

Iran Shut the Strait of Hormuz and Bessent Had an Answer for That Too

When Iran couldn't stop the strikes militarily, the mullahs switched tactics.

They declared the Strait of Hormuz a military zone, targeted oil tankers, and tried to choke off the roughly 20% of the world's daily oil supply that moves through that waterway. Insurance companies pulled coverage for ships in the region. Oil spiked.

Bessent saw exactly what Tehran was doing – and named it out loud.

"Having not been able to succeed there militarily, they're trying to create economic chaos," he told Kudlow. "And I don't think they're going to be able to do it."

Bessent has already moved to block Iran's economic warfare. The International Development Finance Corporation announced up to $20 billion in insurance coverage for U.S. vessels transiting the Persian Gulf. Bessent also told Fox Business that Treasury is weighing unsanctioning Russian oil to flood global markets with supply and blunt Iran's price weapon.

"We're going to keep a cadence of announcing measures to bring relief to the market during this conflict," he said.

Iran picked an economic fight it cannot win, either.

Iran Had One Bet Left and Trump Just Called It

The media narrative this week – pushed hard by networks Bessent described as wanting to "speak to the contrary" – was that the U.S. was running low on missile interceptors.

The story had a clear purpose: make it look like Iran could simply absorb punishment long enough to drain American defenses.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shut it down directly when Daily Caller correspondent Reagan Reese pressed him on the question at the Pentagon.

"Iran cannot outlast us," Hegseth said. "The only limits we have on this is President Trump's desire to achieve specific effects on behalf of the American people."

Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine backed him up with hard numbers: Iranian ballistic missile launches down 86%, drone attacks down 73%, American air dominance established over the southern Iranian coast.

Here's what the liberal media doesn't want to say out loud: Iran's strategy was always to make this too expensive for America to finish. They tried that playbook with Biden – who gave them years of sanctions relief and bought the regime time to build toward a nuclear threshold. Trump ended the program before Iran crossed it. Now Iran is watching its missile factories get leveled, its navy sunk, its supreme leader eliminated on opening night, and its economy in freefall.

The regime that chanted "Death to America" for 40 years is now choosing a new supreme leader in secret, holding meetings by video call because its own officials are afraid to be in the same room.

Bessent said the operation is "proceeding as planned."That's everything.

Sources:

• Mariane Angela, "'Our Biggest Bombing Campaign': Bessent Says Attacks In Iran About To Escalate," Daily Caller News Foundation, March 6, 2026.
• "Treasury Secretary Bessent Forecasts Largest Bombing Campaign Yet, Says Iran Attempting 'Economic Chaos,'" Fox Business, March 6, 2026.
• "Operation Epic Fury Destroys Iran's Navy and Cuts Missile Attacks by 90% in Ongoing Campaign," Fox News, March 5, 2026.
• "Hegseth Says Iran Military Can't Outlast US As Conflict Carries On," The Daily Caller, March 4, 2026.
• "Live Updates: Iran 'Cannot Outlast' the US in a Fight, Hegseth Says," Fox News Digital, March 4, 2026.
• "Inside the US Weapons Arsenal Used in 'Operation Epic Fury' Against Iran," Fox News, March 1, 2026.