Carrier arrives as Trump’s Iran squeeze hits China-Russia wall

Friday, August 21, 2026 · 6 min

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USS George Washington reached the Arabian Sea as the U.S. keeps naval pressure on Iran, while Trump’s “economic D-Day” push faces China-Russia limits and an Iranian MP says promised frozen-funds relief has yielded not a single dollar.

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