Trump gives every nation an easy choice: Do business with America or terrorist Iran
Iran threatens retaliation as US expands sanctions.
Iran threatens retaliation as US expands sanctions.
Article outline
- What happened
- Background
- The key numbers
- The bottom line
Key points
- Between 2019 and 2021, Trump directed the implementation of the Maximum Pressure campaign against Iran.
- Plumes of smoke rise after noted explosions in Tehran, Iran, on March 2, 2026.
- Former Pentagon official Brent Sadler joins 'America Reports' to analyze U.S.
- Naysayers predicted it would fail, but the opposite turned out to be true.
Former Pentagon official Brent Sadler joins 'America Reports' to analyze U.S. Military operations and economic sanctions on Iran. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
When President Donald Trump confirmed last week that he would subject Iran to unprecedented economic pressure, critics crowed that this shift was tantamount to an admission that the Operation Epic Fury had failed. Yet such a policy is not only completely consistent with the president's approach during his first term, but has a significantly greater chance of working since of Epic Fury's actual military success.
Now, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's announcement of the so-called "D-Day" sanctions of Operation Economic Outcast, the pressure on Iran is regarding to become intolerable, giving Trump overwhelming leverage to force the nuclear agreement he wants on Tehran.
Between 2019 and 2021, Trump directed the implementation of the Maximum Pressure campaign against Iran. The most aggressive sanctions program in modern history, it was designed to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon by starving it of the economic resources to build one. TRUMP'S ECONOMIC D-DAY CAN HAMMER IRAN, BUT WILL TEHRAN EVER SURRENDER?
Naysayers predicted it would fail, but the opposite turned out to be true. Iran's oil exports dropped below 400, 000 barrels a day, down from 2.5 million a day. Iran's inflation soared to 30%. Accessible foreign currency reserves were slashed from $122 billion to a dismal $12 billion.
Plumes of smoke rise after noted explosions in Tehran, Iran, on March 2, 2026. (Sohrab/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images).
In short, trump gives every nation an easy choice: Do business with America or is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.
