Under US President Joe Biden, Washington imposed twice as many sanctions against different countries as during the years when Donald Trump was head of state, Biden's time turned out to be the most generous on sanctions in the modern history of the United States. This is stated in the RIA Novosti material, which is based on data from the US Treasury.
It is noted that the current head of state during his term managed to impose sanctions twice as many as his predecessor, Donald Trump. On average, Biden introduced more than 2 thousand restrictions per year: as of October 2024, their number had already reached 8,107. At the same time, 1,689 sanctions were lifted. Russia became the focus of the White House under Biden - about 60% of all American sanctions were imposed against Moscow.
At the same time, as stated in the material, the richest year for sanctions during Trump’s presidency was 2018, when Washington withdrew from the nuclear deal with Tehran and made accusations against Iran regarding the development of nuclear weapons. Against this backdrop, six years ago, a number of Iran's economic sectors were subject to harsh US sanctions, including the petrochemical and financial sectors. For all of 2018, Trump imposed more than a third of the total sanctions during his presidency.
