Iran is going after America's debt it's targeting the $40T America owes

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Oil is refined into diesel, and diesel fuels America. Expensive oil drives customers away from the Gulf and into America’s arms. So every tanker Iran threatens helps America’s energy war. But America’s energy war keeps oil expensive, too. Every rival supply that stays offline keeps energy prices high, and high prices keep inflation high. America is creating expensive oil covertly. Both countries are creating expensive oil, but they want different things from it. Iran needs oil to stay expensive for as long as possible.

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