As Trump’s war with Iran reaches the six-month mark, the US is increasing its economic pressure – threatening harsher sanctions not just against Iran, but against anyone else who does business with it.
That puts China, the country’s most important trading partner, directly in Washington’s sights.
But how much of this is just bluster? And has Trump lost the ability to turn this conflict in his favour?
Today, The National Interest’s editor-at-large, Steve Clemons, on the dwindling options available to the US – and what that means for its increasingly unpopular president.
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