川普在乔・罗根（Joe Rogan）的播客节目上谈论他对待伊朗的方式：“do things that… do not necessarily make me so popular... just do what is right”。他曾对购买伊朗石油的共产中国进行制裁，“Iran was broke. I told China if you buy... you cannot do business in the US under any circumstances. I was going... to go cold turkey with China. Some people think that would have been a good idea anyway”。他还警告过“许多”其他国家，如果他们从伊朗购买“一桶石油”，他们将被禁止进入美国市场。