T ump
claims
that
I a
is
faci g
eco omic
c isis
as
they
have
‘ o
mo ey’
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
said
Su day
that
the
US
is
taki g
a
low-key
app oach
towa ds
I a
a d
is
ot
cu e tly
looki g
to
lau ch
a
ew
milita y
offe sive,
eve
as
te sio s
ove
the
St ait
of
Ho muz
co ti ue.“We
a e
low
keyi g
it,”
T ump
told
Axios
i
a
b ief
pho e
call,
addi g
that
the
US
was
o ly
“semi- egotiati g”
with
I a
while
watchi g
its
wo se i g
eco omic
situatio .“We
a e
o ly
semi- egotiati g
with
them.
We
a e
just
watchi g
I a
with
its
huge
i flatio
a d
the
fact
they
have
o
mo ey,”
T ump
said.T ump
said
I a
was
“i
ve y
bad
shape”
eco omically
a d
that
the
US
aval
blockade
has
wo se ed
the
c isis.
He
also
said
lowe
oil
p ices,
at
slightly
above
$75
a
ba el,
mea t
Ame ica
co sume s
we e
faci g
less
eco omic
pai
f om
the
co flict.“It
will
wo k
out.
It
always
wo ks
out.
It’s
like
a
chess
game,”
T ump
fu the
said.His
ema ks
come
as
talks
o
a
ag eeme t
i volvi g
I a ,
Oma
a d
the
US
to
eope
the
St ait
of
Ho muz
emai
stalled.
I a
has
issued
additio al
dema ds
fo
eope i g
the
key
shippi g
oute,
i cludi g
a
e d
to
the
US
aval
blockade
a d
withd awal
of
US
fo ces
f om
a ou d
I a .T ump
did
ot
issue
a y
ew
milita y
th eats
agai st
I a
i
the
i te view.
Although
last
week,
US
officials
had
i dicated
that
he
was
co side i g
esumi g
majo
milita y
ope atio s
agai st
the
cou t y.
Howeve ,
a othe
WSJ
epo t
claimed
that
T ump
might
be
willi g
to
e d
I a
wa
eve
without
the
uclea
deal
with
ag eeme t
o
eope i g
Ho muz.Read
mo e:
Backed
i to
a
co e ?
T ump
eady
to
e d
I a
wa
without
uclea
deal
–
epo t
