Donald Trump's national security advisor refused on Sunday to say whether the United States would punish European companies that do not cease their business operations in Iran by the end of this year. In his remarks announcing the United States' withdraw from the deal, President Trump threatened, 'We will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. Any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States.' Bruno Le Maire, the French finance minister, said European states will also try to impose sanctions-blocking measures through the European Commission. 'Do we accept that the United States is the economic gendarme of the planet?

Source: Daily Mail May 13, 2018 14:53 UTC