“Iran’s BREAKING Point” - Trump’s 25% Tariff THREAT ESCALATES US-China Tensions
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Donald Trump announces a sweeping 25% tariff on any country doing business with Iran, aiming to economically isolate the regime without boots on the ground. Patrick Bet-David and the panel break down who this really targets, the impact on China and India, and the long-term risks of weaponizing the dollar.
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| 0:00.0 | Trump says any country doing business with Iran will face a 25% U.S. tariff. |
| 0:09.0 | 25% U.S. tariff. President Trump said on Monday, any country doing business with Iran will face a 25% tariff on any and all business being done in the U.S. |
| 0:19.0 | That new turf on imports from Iran's trading partner |
| 0:22.2 | is effective immediately. |
| 0:23.4 | Trump said in a truth social. |
| 0:24.5 | The order, disorder is final and conclusive. |
| 0:27.2 | Thank you for your attention to this matter. |
| 0:29.1 | Further details about the tariff announcement |
| 0:31.0 | were not immediately clear |
| 0:32.5 | a White House official decline to answer. |
| 0:35.2 | This apparent effort by Trump |
| 0:36.3 | to economically isolate Iran comes as in as the... |
| 0:40.3 | That was good. |
| 0:44.4 | As the oil rich Middle Eastern country struggles to suppress an ongoing swell of massive anti-government protests, |
| 0:51.7 | dozens of those protesters have been... |
| 0:53.6 | Well, it's not dozens anymore. |
| 0:54.8 | The report was 2,500, and CBS reported allegedly 12,500 killed. |
| 1:02.0 | Tom, 25% tariff on people doing business with Iran, as if they're not already suffocating, |
| 1:09.2 | with inflation being 55% water issues, right, unemployment issues, the average worker making less than a gram of a gold per month, $110 a month. |
| 1:20.2 | How bad is this when he puts this on them? |
| 1:22.7 | Okay, so it goes like this. |
| 1:24.0 | My dad got really upset with me and grounded me. |
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