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Trump's economic D-Day against Iran, the UAE's halt to trade with Tehran, and Israel's strike on a Syrian air base Turkey was eyeing.
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Evan Moloney · August 14, 2026 · 1:08:09
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Iran just torpedoed its own Hormuz deal, the US is quietly admitting it's out of missiles, and Saudi Arabia is somehow getting squeezed from three directions at once. Big week.
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