Middle East Crisis Iran War

Donald Trump Threatens Iran with "Economic D-Day"

Donald Trump laments that Iran has not taken the chance to make a deal with the US and now warns in an angry post on Truth Social that "economic warfare of an unprecedented scale" awaits the country.

He writes that "enormous" consequences await any country that gives Iran any kind of economic lifeline. He predicts that Iran's economy will collapse and that the country will be completely isolated. He also makes an analogy with the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France during World War II.

"This will be an economic D-Day, and we need all of our allies to stand with the US to isolate and defeat the threat from Iran. These lunatics are pushed to the breaking point, and these historic actions will cripple them and their ability to spread terror around the world."

Analysis: An Economic "D-Day" Could Be the Least of the Worst

Donald Trump is threatening to escalate the conflict with Iran by working with allies to cause an "economic D-Day."

The Islamic Republic may have a high pain threshold at this point, but an economic stranglehold could be the least of the worst ways to end the war, writes Bloomberg's Javier Blas. He asks himself what the alternatives really are.

"Trump could concede defeat and accept Iran's terms. He could increase the bombing in the hope that, miraculously, the outcome will be different. He could deploy ground troops and start the kind of endless war in the Middle East that he has vowed to avoid," writes Blas.

But for now, the questions are many and the world can do nothing but wait, writes CNN reporter Stephen Collinson. Threats have become a habit for Trump, and in this case, the question is whether he has the 
“Breaking down Iran’s economy would take months or even years. It would require a kind of strategic patience that Trump almost never shows,” writes Collinson.