The Iranians are more fearful of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent than Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, U.S. AdvertisementOn Sunday, Waltz said that every time the United States negotiates with the Iranian regime, Tehran focuses on one thing above all else: cash. What it cannot absorb is record inflation, frozen cash, and an economic blockade. "When they're coming to the table to our negotiators, they are talking about cash, cash, cash, because they'll absorb the bombings. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all.