Donald Trump announces fresh ‘economic warfare’ on Iran
US not done with economic warfare on Iran, yet Tehran is not conceding Donald Trump has said the US is mounting a fresh campaign of “economic warfare” against Iran, while warning that there would be “tremendous” consequences for any country that trades with the Islamic republic. “I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY!” the US president said in a post on his Truth Social platform late on Wednesday. “This will be an ECONOMIC D-DAY,…
Trump considers ‘pay-to-play’ Nato, with members banned from strategic decisions if they’ve not hit five per cent spending target
President Trump is considering a ‘pay-to-play’ Nato President Trump is considering a ‘pay-to-play’ Nato, with members who fail to hit a five per cent spending target banned from key decisions. The proposed Nato shake-up would see block allies who don’t meet a spending target set by Trump excluded from strategic votes – including when the bloc goes to war. It is one of several plans the US president is weighing up after allies rejected his demand to send warships to reopen the…