{"id":80150,"date":"2026-08-20T16:03:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/80150\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:03:34","slug":"trump-vows-economic-d-day-as-us-jets-escort-oil-tankers-through-hormuz-iran-the-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/80150\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows &#8216;economic D-Day&#8217; as US jets escort oil tankers through Hormuz | Iran: the Latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Trump vows &#039;economic D-Day&#039; as US jets escort oil tankers through Hormuz | Iran: the Latest news\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OBc1tt8rIBM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nTrump vows &#8216;economic D-Day&#8217; as US jets escort oil tankers through Hormuz | Iran: the Latest news<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDonald Trump has vowed an \u2018economic D-Day\u2019 to crush Iran, amid news that the US military is stealthily getting oil out of the Strait of Hormuz despite Tehran\u2019s attacks. Will US jets escorting tankers stop oil prices from rising further?<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode of Iran: The Latest, Roland Oliphant talks to Matthew Savill, director of Military Sciences at the UK\u2019s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), to dissect the reality of Iran\u2019s diminishing maritime leverage in the war, and how effective economic pressure will be on the Iranian regime. <\/p>\n<p>Plus, Britain\u2019s diminishing minehunting capabilities in the Middle East, why Iran views the UK as the \u2018Little Satan\u2019, and what it\u2019s like to be attacked by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. <\/p>\n<p>Highlights<br \/>\nDonald Trump vows \u2018economic D-Day\u2019 to crush Iran<br \/>\nUS military stealthily getting oil out of the Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n<p>CONTRIBUTORS:<br \/>\nRoland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant<br \/>\nMatthew Savill, RUSI director of Military Sciences, @MTSavill<\/p>\n<p>CONTENT REFERENCED:<br \/>\nTrump declares \u2018economic D-Day\u2019 against Iran<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/news\/2026\/08\/20\/trump-declares-economic-d-day-iran-sanctions\/<\/p>\n<p>Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast &#8211; Publisher Podcast Awards 2026<br \/>\nNominated Podcast of the Year &#8211; Society of Editors News Podcasts Awards 2026<br \/>\nNominated Best News, Politics and Current Affairs &#8211; British Podcast Awards 2026<br \/>\nThe Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 &#8211; Publisher Podcast Awards 2026<\/p>\n<p>Video Producer: Max Bower<br \/>\nAudio Producer: David Dargahi<br \/>\nResearcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh<br \/>\nStudio Operator: Andy Watson<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Venetia Rainey <\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day&#8217;s biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk\/fromtheeditor<br \/>\n\u25ba EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk<br \/>\n\u25ba GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/iran-war\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump vows &#8216;economic D-Day&#8217; as US jets escort oil tankers through Hormuz | Iran: the Latest news Donald&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[2094,9970,14,65622,1206,5140,65623,47,38,345,15470,2667,1092,1982,65626,246,27844,16106,65625,5486,70,27,49767,337,251,9240,12436,65624],"class_list":["post-80150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-telegraph","tag-abbas-araghchi","tag-british-military","tag-donald-trump","tag-economic-d-day","tag-energy-crisis","tag-global-oil-prices","tag-hormuz-oil-corridor","tag-houthis","tag-iran","tag-iran-news","tag-iran-the-latest","tag-iran-war-2026","tag-iran-war-news","tag-irgc","tag-matthew-savill","tag-middle-east-war","tag-roland-oliphant","tag-royal-united-services-institute","tag-rusi","tag-sanctions-iran","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-telegraph-podcasts","tag-the-telegraph","tag-trump-iran","tag-us-air-force","tag-us-navy","tag-us-oil-tankers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}