Trump announces plan to seize Iranian assets to cover costs of alleged damage to ships and cargo. Secretary Rubio characterizes policy as 'a head for an eye' approach to Iran. This represents escalation in Iran policy with potential international legal implications.
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING
Monitor for legal challenges or escalatory follow-through (e.g., actual asset seizures, retaliatory Iranian action) that could raise scope or severity; no immediate list action needed.
Why This Score
This event concerns a foreign policy/wartime asset-seizure decision with narrow population impact and international scope. It touches minimally on rule-of-law (international law implications) and corruption/violence framing via Rubio's rhetoric, but does not implicate domestic constitutional structures (elections, separation of powers, civil rights, or institutional capture) in any meaningful way. Both A and B scores fall well below the 25-point threshold, and while a mechanism (policy_change) is present, the substance is a routine executive foreign policy action rather than a distraction tactic or constitutional threat.