The Economics of Rhetoric: Trump's Empty Threats to Iran and Beyond The latest salvo from Donald Trump in his ongoing campaign against Iran has been met with a mixture of skepticism and alarm.
In a characteristic display of all caps bombast, the former president vowed to unleash "the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country" on Tehran, as well as any nation that dares to do business with it.
Trump's statement lacks specificity, unlike previous economic measures aimed at Iran, which targeted specific financial institutions and entities.