After breaking off talks with the Iranian delegation in Islamabad, Donald Trump is moving to economically suffocate the regime. On Tuesday, according to the Reuters news agency, a Chinese tanker nonetheless managed to cross the strait, suggesting that the American blockade is not yet total.

The president said the U.S. was ready to "finish up" Iran at the “appropriate moment."

The president said the U.S. was ready to "finish up" Iran at the “appropriate moment," stressing that Tehran's nuclear ambitions were at the core of the failure to end the war.