Trump postpones strikes on Iranian power plants as oil prices plummet

Trump says there have been ‘productive conversations’ about a ‘complete and total resolution’ to the conflict in the Middle East

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photograph: Al Drago/The New York Times
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. 
  • Donald Trump says there have been “productive conversations” about a “complete and total resolution” to the conflict in the Middle East
  • Oil prices plummeted and European stocks rebounded after Trump’s announcement
  • Iranian officials claim Trump backed down after being warned that Iran would target power plants across the Gulf and in Israel
  • Donald Trump threatened on Sunday that Iran had 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz to all traffic to avoid strikes that would “hit and obliterate” Iranian power plants
  • Iran said it would retaliate to any attack on its electricity by ‌targeting Israel’s power plants
  • The crisis surrounding Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz has created a global economic crisis, causing surging energy prices

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  • US mulls Kharg island takeover to pressure Iran into opening Strait of Hormuz

3 comments

  1. Trump and his team are the real danger to peace in our world. A gangster from the Bronx turned oligarch turned president, he is an absolute hood.

    What world leader would make the quip to the prime minister of Japan about them being used to surprises, perchance Horoshima and Nagasaki. Or of bombing Iran’s Kharg island just for fun. These are the comments of someone who would not think twice about mass murder.

    And then there are his friends. The Canadians and the Danish certainly found out who their friend is. Ditto the cowardly UK and other European nations who oligarch Trump says he will remember. And then there’s Cuba where Trump is set to put the troops in.

    Yes the guy is an absolute mafia hood exercising muscle on the world stage. The world would do well to ostracise the USA as a rogue regime which it most certainly is.

  2. TACO man strikes again, create a problem, kid on you have solved it, profit from said problem and run away.
    A skidmark on humanity is our Donald.

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