Drop Site(@DropSiteNews):💵 “When the president finds a country he hates and wants to bring down, Iran, he isolates them from the global economy. When the president finds people he loves and wants to support, the U.S. manufacturing sector, he isolates them from the global economy.” Economist Justin Wolfers tells Drop Site’s Ryan Grim that Trump is using the same weapon, economic isolation, while making opposite promises: sanctions will leave Iranians “poor and hungry,” but tariffs will somehow make Americans rich. “That’s literally incoherent on its face,” he says. Watch the full interview on YouTube at the link below. @ryangrim

2026.08.28 22:25

💵 “When the president finds a country he hates and wants to bring down, Iran, he isolates them from the global economy. When the president finds people he loves and wants to support, the U.S. manufacturing sector, he isolates them from the global economy.” Economist Justin Wolfers tells Drop Site’s Ryan Grim that Trump is using the same weapon, economic isolation, while making opposite promises: sanctions will leave Iranians “poor and hungry,” but tariffs will somehow make Americans rich. “That’s literally incoherent on its face,” he says. Watch the full interview on YouTube at the link below. @ryangrim | @JustinWolfers