Economic Warfare Doesn’t Mean We’re Out of Military Options — Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

Washington’s transition to a strategy of economic warfare against Iran does not mean the United States is abandoning any military options, US President Donald Trump said. «No, not at all,» Trump told reporters when asked whether the US military options in the region were limited in connection with the move to a strategy of economic warfare against Iran. On Wednesday, Donald Trump said Tehran had not taken the opportunity to reach a deal with Washington, and that the United States was therefore launching a large-scale economic operation against the Islamic Republic.

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