Steve Mnuchin

US Treasury’s Steve Mnuchin Virtue Signals Economic Terrorism

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin seems to think that nations under the hammer of American sanctions should be thanking Washington for not attacking them militarily instead. How generous, how virtuous of Uncle Sam!
Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar last week, Mnuchin made a virtue of the US imposing economic sanctions on countries it dislikes because such measures, he claimed, were a way to avoid the worse alternative of war.

Venezuela, Gaddafi, the Bank of England & Why You Can’t Own Your Gold…

As the multi-layered manuevering in regard to Venezuela continues, it was reported a couple of days ago that the Bank of England has taken actions in line with Washington’s lead. The Bank of England has refused to hand over $1.2 billion of Venezuelan gold back to the Venzuelan government. Above is a clip from RT […]

France, Germany, UK Launch a New ‘Non-Dollar’ Mechanism to Trade with Iran, But Will it Work?


Patrick Henningsen

21st Century Wire
Money talks, and no one knows this better than the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It’s how the Trump Administration communicates with its enemies, as well as with its allies – through the application powerful long-range financial instruments. But Europe is moving in for another attempt at breaking Washington’s blockade of Iran.

While Trump makes peace with Kim, his Treasury secretary slaps Russia with yet more sanctions

While Donald Trump was off in Singapore trying to avert a third world war, his Treasury secretary was busy at home, trying to start one.
Steven Mnuchin used the U.S. president’s absence from Washington for a historic peace summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as an opportunity to jack up sanctions against the Russian Federation.

Damned if you do: US Treasury slaps new sanctions on Russian, Chinese firms over North Korea

The support lent by Russia and China at the UN security council for new sanctions against North Korea, apparently has not paid off.
On Tuesday, Steven Mnuchin’s Treasury Department slapped a new set of sanctions on Russian and Chinese firms, allegedly for doing business with Pyongyang.
That’s despite the 15-0 vote in the security council earlier this month, which Beijing and Moscow made possible.

BREAKING: Trump administration slaps new sanctions on Iran

In a surprise move, US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has announced new sanctions against Iran.
The move is not totally shocking, given the Trump administration’s record of bellicosity towards the Islamic republic.
The sanctions target 16 “entities and individuals” for furnishing support to Iran’s military or Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, or for alleged involvement in criminal activities.
Regarding the targets of the sanctions, Mnuchin stated: