Trump returns to sanctions strategy as efforts to end Iran war stall
President Trump is pivoting back to economic sanctions against Iran after other peace strategies have failed to progress.
President Trump is shifting back to financial pressure against Iran as a means to end the ongoing conflict between the two countries. This comes after other approaches to resolving the war have not succeeded. Trump previously cited economic sanctions as a failed strategy over the past 50 years, but is now banking on renewed financial pressure to achieve peace. He has indicated that if Iran seeks compensation in peace talks, the US will demand the same.
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Trump pivots back to sanctions as other strategies to end Iran war fizzle
The president said that since Iran is seeking compensation as part of any peace talks, he now intends to demand the same for the US side.
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Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump likes to say that he started his war with Iran after 50 years of economic pressure had failed to stop its nuclear weapons ambitions — but he’s now betting that another financial squeeze can…