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Blunted? Even the Wall Street Journal admits the US’s favourite weapon is rusting

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Blunted? Even the Wall Street Journal admits the US’s favourite weapon is rusting

The Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) latest feature on how American sanctions on Iran failed because China built a yuan-powered workaround will be a difficult read for Atlanticists. China has built up international trade in the yuan, giving Iran and Russia a way to evade sanctions https://t.co/EviGCVtlXW — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 24, 2026 The piece falls shy of praising China’s financial system, which it says is aimed at weakening Washington’s power to dictate world affairs. The failure of the US’s Economic Fury is explained by WSJ as: “…… in late April when the U.S. escalated its “Economic Fury” campaign against…

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Trump loses it as US’s 250th Anniversary plans collapse

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Trump loses it as US’s 250th Anniversary plans collapse

Trump — As we find ourselves in the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, the country is more American than ever. This isn’t a compliment, of course, but it is a way of introducing the chaos we’re seeing around the anniversary planning — chaos even right-wingers are calling out: I’m actually pretty pissed at how badly they’ve bungled America 250. First they tried to invite Milli Vanilli and a bunch of other absurdly washed up geriatric one hit wonders. Then when that didn’t work they decided to convert the event into a Trump rally where Trump will talk… https://t.co/lYo2jUWOLy — Matt Walsh…

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