Europe will cave to Trump’s will on Iran, senators predict

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Republican senators are predicting that President Trump will be able to force European allies to cut off investment with Iran through the threat of “secondary sanctions” imposed by the Treasury Department.

“The determination as to whether those secondary sanctions are going to be utilized will — regardless of what rhetoric may be out there — it will have a huge effect,” Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., told the Washington Examiner.

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