Iran War Day 147: Trump Says Seized Iranian Funds to Be Used for Hormuz Damages
American decisionmakers weighed new financial and military options to change the course of the war as the U.S. and Iran continued to trade strikes Friday. The New York Times reported Friday, citing four anonymous sources, that President Donald Trump met with cabinet officials to consider whether to escalate the Iran War. Trump said Thursday that he would use confiscated Iranian funds to cover for any damages sustained to vessels attacked by the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz.
- ▪American decisionmakers weighed new financial and military options to change the course of the war as the U.S. and Iran continued to trade strikes Friday.
- ▪The New York Times reported Friday, citing four anonymous sources, that President Donald Trump met with cabinet officials to consider whether to escalate the Iran War.
- ▪Trump said Thursday that he would use confiscated Iranian funds to cover for any damages sustained to vessels attacked by the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz.
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