BREAKING: Iran is systematically preparing to damage Trump's presidency through economic warfare, aimed at making him lose the November midterms, per a senior Iranian official in Tehran familiar with the matter.
The plans include strikes on Gulf oil terminals to surge global
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- BREAKING: Iran declares now is "the best possible time for escalation by Iran, far better than the night of the ceasefire," and the "military response to America's economic attack is both necessary, reasonable, and timely," per Majid Shakeri, the advisor to Iran's Parliament
- BREAKING: US Treasury Secretary Bessent acts surprised as to why Trump's "Economic D-Day" announcement didn't crash oil prices as he hoped for. "We have a spike in oil prices that I don't really understand"
- BREAKING: China directly rejects Trump's announced "Economic D-Day," against Iran, saying "sanctions and pressure tactics are not the solution," per China’s MFA spokesperson Lin Jian. This comes as China's Commerce Ministry already issued a formal "blocking ban" back in May 2026
- BREAKING: Iran is considering "a distributed military strike on all US economic interests in the region" as a direct response to Trump's announced "Economic D-Day" against Iran, per a source close to Iran's Ghalibaf.

