{"id":24304,"date":"2026-08-20T12:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=24304"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:12:22","slug":"iran-dismisses-trumps-economic-d-day-as-distraction-from-americas-fiscal-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=24304","title":{"rendered":"Iran dismisses Trump\u2019s \u2018economic D-Day\u2019 as distraction from America&#8217;s fiscal problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!--[--><!--[--><!----><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced what he called the \u201cmost crushing economic operation ever taken against any country,\u201d threatening sweeping consequences for nations and businesses that provide Iran with an economic lifeline as he seeks to further isolate Tehran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cNo one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a greater opportunity to make a Deal than me,\u201d Trump said in a post shared on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cTRAGICALLY, for them, they have failed to take it. Therefore, today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cThis will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale,\u201d Trump said, claiming Iran\u2019s navy is gone, its air force destroyed, its military factories reduced to rubble, its currency worthless and the country \u201changing by a thread.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Trump also warned that \u201cANY country\u201d allowing its financial institutions, businesses, airports or government entities to provide \u201cany type of lifeline to Iran\u201d would face \u201cTREMENDOUS Economic Consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cOil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies \u2014 it all needs to stop NOW,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cYou know who you are,\u201d Trump added, calling the campaign an \u201cECONOMIC D-DAY\u201d and urging U.S. allies to help \u201cisolate, and defeat, the Iran threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Trump said Iran\u2019s leaders are \u201con the ropes\u201d and that the measures would \u201ccripple them and their ability to project terror worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cIRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced what he called the \u201cmost crushing economic operation ever&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}