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. “These damages may be very substantial but, nevertheless, this is the fair and equitable thing to do,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Iran’s Foreign Abbas Araghchi on Thursday evening condemned the move, writing on X that “seizing another nation’s assets to pay for unrelated future claims is an incendiary precedent” and warning that “once governments normalize confiscation, no one’s assets are safe.” Kpler shipping tracker reported that Strait of Hormuz traffic Thursday “fell to six confirmed crossings, down 60 per cent from the previous day, with all but one vessel using the Iranian Unilateral Scheme.” Bab el-Mandeb traffic, however, increased to 49 confirmed crossings on the same day. Following the Houthis’ declaration of a “maritime embargo” against Saudi Arabia, the Financial Times…
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The Wall Street Journal, citing White House sources, reported Tuesday that the Trump administration has approved a deal to grant Saudi Arabia a civilian nuclear program. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox Under the agreement, Saudi Arabia would receive nuclear power reactors and potentially a facility…
