Trump Targets China Over Iran, Ignores US Sanctions' Real Cost
Deutsche Welle ponders Donald Trump's potential 'clash' with China over importing Iranian oil, framing it as a bold geopolitical move. What's omitted is the decades-long US obsession with crippling Iran's economy, driven not just by 'nuclear fears' but by a desire to prevent any independent regional power. Remember the 1953 US-orchestrated coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister
Mossadegh for nationalizing oil? Or the fact that Benjamin Netanyahu has been warning about Iran's 'imminent' nuclear bomb since 1992? (Yes, 1992 , confirmed by his own statements at the time.) This isn't about tariffs; it's about control. The US—and by extension, DW's framing—consistently ignores the economic devastation wrought by its sanctions on ordinary Iranians, preferring the simpler
narrative of 'Iranian threat.' How many times must the US try to 'isolate' a nation before we question the isolationist itself? Meanwhile, oil companies and arms manufacturers continue to rake in profits from the ensuing instability they help create.