{
  "id": 4906060,
  "title": "US Treasury Secretary Bessent Says Strait of Hormuz to Be Bypassed in 2 Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/us-treasury-secretary-bessent-says-strait-of-hormuz-to-be-bypassed-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-01T17:10:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/us-treasury-secretary-bessent-says-strait-of-hormuz-to-be-bypassed-in-2-years/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The claim that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Strait of Hormuz will be bypassed within two years and become “worthless” is factually accurate. Bessent made this statement on September 1, 2026, in Asheville, North Carolina, during the G20 finance ministers’ meeting. Speaking during a fireside chat with Larry Kudlow, Bessent stated, “That will [...] The post US Treasury Secretary…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}