After giving up on military force, Trump’s new plan to defeat Iran is…more economic sanctions?
Trump’s “Operation Economic Outcast” to impose secondary sanctions on countries trading with Iran is a tacit admission of U.S. military defeat. But sanctions haven’t worked for 47 years, and Iran won’t let the U.S. decide when the shooting war ends.
It makes a lot of sense that economic pressure would be the next step after abandoning military options. The Palestinian Pulse provides really important context on the broader situation too.