# Trump Threatens ‘Economic D-Day’ Against Iran

https://mins.news/en/video/27843

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-20 23:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCRBQmXRFxc

> The program examines the overlap between politics and global business. Republican Rep. Mike Lawler says the United States should hold China accountable for facilitating Iran’s illicit oil trade as President Donald Trump presses an economic “D-Day” against Tehran. Atlantic Council economist Josh Lipsky says Beijing believes Trump wants to make a major show of economic pressure on Iran.

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