Economic Sanctions Against Egyptian Bank
There was, unfortunately, there was a, a
branch of an Egyptian bank in Dubai, uh, that had
funneled more than one point eight billion dollars to the regime.
Mm.
And we used a Patriot Act authority that we had not
used before, and we are shutting them down.
Mm.
Uh, we did not sanction them because we did
not wanna go back to the Egyptian
parent. But everyone should expect that we know who you
are, you know who you are, and we are probably going to announce
a bank sanction this week, and we will announce one the week after.
We are speaking to our allies here, who have all come forward, and we have
had a great show of support, whether it's from the
EU, the ECB,
the, the UK, uh, the UAE, the
Bahrainians. Um, so we have seen great support
around the world, and we have zero
tolerance. We are going to economically
asphyxiate this regime. And as President Trump said, the
reason the MoU did not work, they were not ready for a
deal.
Mm-hmm.
My job is to make sure that they want to have a
deal.
Mm.
And they will want to have one.
Mm. Countries-
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