Will the President really follow through on his new economic threats? After six months of war with [ADDRESS], President [PERSON_NAME] has a credibility problem. His blustering threats, alternating with claims of imminent peace and victory, are doubted by friends and foe.

Will his new threat this week on Truth Social of the “MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY!” be different? By now the world will have to see it to believe it.

No President has yet climbed the [ADDRESS] sanctions ladder with [ADDRESS], moving from the isolated “teapot” refineries that buy [ADDRESS]’s oil to the Chinese state-owned enterprises that support them.

Nor has any President given [ADDRESS] an ultimatum to shut down [ADDRESS]’s illicit financial network and meant it.