U.S. President Donald Trump announced an "economic d-day" for Iran on Truth Social on Aug. 19, saying that the United States would focus on cutting economic lifelines to Iran and that countries supporting Iran would face "tremendous" economic consequences. Iran dismissed the announcement as a distraction from the United States' own problems, with Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi pointing to U.S. debt, which recently surpassed $40 trillion, as a sign that the United States could not sustain this approach.