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25% tariff on all countries doing business with Iran, Trump says

“Strong move by President Trump,” said Nikki Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd after delivering remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat in Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, 2026. Credit: Daniel Torok/White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday evening that effective immediately, any country that does business with the Iranian regime will be subject to a 25% tariff “on any and all business being done with the United States of America.”

“This order is final and conclusive,” Trump said.

Nikki Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former South Carolina governor, wrote that it was a “strong move by President Trump.”

“I don’t think the tariff is the end of the U.S. response to Iran’s regime,” stated Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran. “It’s the beginning. The NSC meeting tomorrow is key.”

“It’s pretty terrifying to see a speaker walk onto campus giving a Nazi salute, and seeing the hatred that he carries,” Juli Goodman, executive director of Hillel at Ohio University, said.
The U.S. envoy said the “Politico” profile of an “antisemitic bomb-thrower” ignores how the U.N. rapporteur is “sabotaging the U.N.’s mission of peace.”
U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News that if the Iranian regime doesn’t strike a deal by Tuesday, he would consider “blowing everything up and taking over the oil.”
“I will stand up anytime, anywhere you need me to call out the antisemitism and all the other horrible instances of hatred espoused toward the people of the Jewish religion,” the New York City mayor said.
“Religious liberty is foundational to our Constitution, and the freedom to practice one’s faith openly and in community is central to the American story,” said Scott Bessent, the U.S. treasury secretary.
Asghar Bakri was responsible for” attacks against Jews and Israelis around the world,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted.