Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Trump showed Iran one thing — their strategy works.
Iran shut down a huge chunk of the global economy, and Trump is now giving them everything they want.
Meanwhile US taxpayers spent billions bombing Iran, and might have to shell out billions more to rebuild it.
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Trump showed Iran one thing — their strategy works.
Iran shut down a huge chunk of the global economy, and Trump is now giving them everything they want.
Meanwhile US taxpayers spent billions bombing Iran, and might have to shell out billions more to rebuild it.
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
- Help fund our reporting: secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash
- Substack: substack.perfectunion.us
- TikTok: tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion
- Twitter: twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moreperfectunion.bsky.social
- Facebook: facebook.com/MorePerfectUS
- Instagram: instagram.com/perfectunion
- Threads: threads.net/@perfectunion
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