President Trump on Thursday threatened major sanctions on any country that purchases Iranian oil as he continues to ramp up the “maximum pressure campaign” against Tehran.
“ALERT: All purchases of Iranian Oil, or Petrochemical products, must stop, NOW! Any Country or person who buys ANY AMOUNT of OIL or PETROCHEMICALS from Iran will be subject to, immediately, Secondary Sanctions,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
“They will not be allowed to do business with the United States of America in any way, shape, or form. Thank you for your attention to this matter, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP,” he added.
The post effectively amounts to a threat to impose major sanctions on China, the largest buyer of Iranian oil. At this point, it’s unclear exactly what type of sanctions the US may try to place on China in response to Iranian oil purchases.
The Trump administration has continued to increase sanctions on Iran despite entering negotiations with the Islamic Republic. The next round of talks was scheduled to be held this Saturday, but it has been postponed.
Iran has criticized the US for continuing the maximum pressure amid negotiations, saying that it shows a lack of goodwill. President Trump and his top officials also continue to threaten military action against Tehran.
That is a really dumb edict even for Trump.
Iran now has rails connections to ALL of Asia and most of Europe. Shipping oil by rail is about to become big business.
Someone is still stuck in post 1945.
Trump has 145% tariffs on China, secondary sanctions wont stop them buying Irans oil
I hope you're right but we shall see … the bully should have been confronted by a united front when the saint Obama first started this "secondary sanctions" nonsense back in 2012. But it was not and here we are.
Well… the united front now exists and Trump is re-enforcing it…!
All of oil transactions with China is now dollar-less…!
That's fantastic. Emperor Trump constantly fails to realise that his bully tactics are only driving other countries to seek alternatives to both trade with the US, and use of the American Dollar.
Total De-dollarization is near…!
I am SO happy at the prospect. I personally intend to bring only CDN$ or Euro on any foreign trips from now on.
And avoid US travel (after next week’s megafamily trip to California that was planned last summer) as I did with only 1 exception during W. Bush’s utter Ba’ath of a Presidency.
“They will not be allowed to do business with the United States of America in any way, shape, or form."
i.e. Embargo. – not even the exempted cell phones & laptops allowed.
I think India also buys from Iran…so much for that new iphone factory…oops!
How long before a "pause" is announced?
Trump is leading America to default.
Since it's the Chinese who buy Iranian oil – and Chinese companies have already been sanctioned for that – it just means even more sanctions on China. Like 145% tariff was not enough, let's see how fast we can fuck up the whole world economy!
Everyday Antiwar says Trump threatens this country or some other country. Is there something wrong with antiwar or is this normal?
I think Antiwar is struggling to keep up with every new Trump Decree. Site may have to start a ticker or a livestream for the most up-to-date informa-aaaaaaand Trump just changed his mind again.
LOL. Trump “is struggling to keep up with every new Trump Decree.”
Anybody believes that threatening people every day is good politics?
Trump does.
The Trump administration has continued to increase sanctions on Iran despite entering negotiations with the Islamic Republic.
It's the US' version of bargaining in good faith.
If you ain't threatennin', you ain't tryin'…
"Faith is the reason people give when they don't have good evidence for what they believe. Because if someone HAD good evidence, they'd give the evidence instead of just saying 'I have faith.'"
Subtle. Or maybe not. 😉
No one wants to deal with back stabbers.
Threaten all you want… Iran is now oil-sanction-proof…!
Is china going to call his bluff again? All they have to do is allow the small traders to keep buying. What're we going to do, let the Walmart shelves go empty?
Trump should save his bullying for home… It doesn't work in world politics…!
Now we wait for a journalist to uncover that a Trump associate holds interest in a company that buys "ANY AMOUNT of OIL or PETROCHEMICALS from Iran".
'Cause you just KNOW one of them does.
Oh my. Can you hear Xi trembling? I didn't think so.
Iran recently took possession of two tons of Chinese gold. I assume it was in exchange for oil. Who wants dollar trades when they can get gold?
Who does Trump think he is? The owner of the USA or does he think he is God Almighty and rule the world? Or is he simply a deranged human creature or A**hole?
In any case, he is a real danger for all of us on planet earth.
ALERT!! Anyone who thinks that I as President exist to better the lives of Americans, be forewarned! As the recipient of millions of dollars from Zionists, I will not hesitate to put Israeli interests above those of the US. I am a corrupt, POS shill for a genocidal entity and will stop at nothing to prove that point! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Question: Why do we keep electing such stupid presidents? Just over 100 days in, and I'm already through with the most recent example of utter self-absorption coupled to abject ignorance.
Because that's all the Globalists will allow to occupy the White House. Presidents are selected, not elected.
What's to stop the world from not buying American products? It's high time that the USA clean out its government and rid it of dual citizenship American Israelis! The actions of this government are UN-AMERICAN to the core! When you have a government that punishes those who are against GENOCIDE, you have a government no more worthy than the Third Reich. All of this conflict and wasting of American resources because American "leaders" cannot say "NO!" to Israel.
Sanction Nation at it again. Well on their way to isolating themselves. Perhaps they can sanction the air that Russians and others breathe as well.
Let's see anyone try and function if they can't trade their worthless electronics, appliances, clothing, and furniture for valuable dollars!