Can Trump Deliver His Promised ‘Economic D-Day’ Against Iran?

特朗普能否实现对伊朗承诺的“经济D日”?

WSJ What’s News

2026-08-20

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A.M. Edition for Aug. 20. Nearly six months into the war, President Trump is pledging a ‘crushing economic operation’ to isolate Iran. WSJ’s Georgi Kantchev explains why a push to get just one country, the United Arab Emirates, to go along with that won’t be easy. Plus, packaged-food giants head to the lab as users of weight-loss drugs say no to once-beloved foods. And we’ll look at why more AI developers are likely to follow Google’s lead in buying up a defunct airline’s old emails and payroll files. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • President Trump is threatening to unleash what he's calling economic D-Day against Iran and warning

  • that any other country that does business with it would face tremendous economic consequences.

  • Trump didn't name names, but said that countries engaged in practices like smuggling

  • oil or helping Iran with cash transfers, quote, know who you are.

  • That warning comes on the heels of the United Arab Emirates announcing it would suspend