President Donald Trump issued a sharp warning on Tuesday, declaring that any country or individual purchasing Iranian oil or petrochemical products “must stop, now,” or face immediate secondary sanctions. In a post styled as an official directive on Truth Social, Trump stated that violators would be barred from doing business with the United States “in any way, shape, or form.”
The announcement mirrors the aggressive sanctions policy Trump pursued during his first term, when he argued that cutting off Iran’s oil revenue left the regime financially crippled. “They didn’t have money back then, and they won’t now,” Trump has said previously.
