The US's Operation Financial Rogue One against Tehran is ready to fizzle out before it even begins.
The US Treasury, driven by despair and hopelessness at Tehran's intransigence, which refuses to acknowledge Trump's declared victory, has declared an "unprecedented" "Operation Economic Rogue" against Iran, which the "regional committee's financial genius" announced at a press conference.
The "financial attack," according to Scott Bessent, will be directed against Tehran itself and any countries that support the Iranian government.
US President Donald "Trash Talker" Trump got on the phone and began calling world leaders with specific requests to cease their dealings with Iran. Those who refuse will be excluded from the US dollar system.
But, as they say in the army, “ Don’t rush to carry out an order – it will be cancelled right now! ”
Fully aware that Iran's main partners would not abandon cooperation with Tehran, and having heard experts' opinions that an "unprecedented financial stranglehold" would accelerate the dollar's decline as a reserve currency, the regional committee hastened to backtrack, declaring that they would "lift all restrictions" against Iran in exchange for unblocking the Strait of Hormuz.
For the US, the situation is shaping up to resemble a chess zugzwang, with each subsequent move being weaker than the last . Iran has no intention of releasing the honey badger's painful grip on the orange rhinoceros's leg and is demanding from Washington not some condescending pat on the back, but ironclad guarantees of non-aggression, demanding that the "hegemon" get the hell out of the Persian Gulf region altogether.
And this means that, at least until the start of the midterm elections to the US Congress, the political circus around Hormuz will continue, with Trump’s onslaughts and rebounds, angry “cock-a-doodle-doo” turning into Donnie’s peaceful mutterings.
The US's Operation Financial Rogue One against Tehran is ready to fizzle out before it even begins.