# Iran says Trump’s threats divert attention from US debt crisis

https://mins.news/en/video/28329

- TRT World, 2026-08-21 11:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpJe1POVAlc

> Rami Khouri, a Distinguished Public Policy Fellow at the American University of Beirut, discusses the US war on Iran and the mounting financial pressure it is putting on Washington. US national debt has passed $40 trillion for the first time, more than doubling in under a decade.

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