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Trump vows soaring oil prices will tumble after midterms
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Oil prices are up as the war in Iran intensifies. President Trump promised lower gas prices for Americans after the midterm elections. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi reports.
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President Trump on Monday said oil prices "will drop precipitously" after the Iran war is won, as Iran seeks to maintain its control of the Strait of Hormuz with a "restricted zone." "Oil prices will drop precipitously, like everything else is dropping (but more!), when we WIN the war with Iran," Tr…
President Donald Trump has spent months falsely claiming that the United States has already won its war against Iran—until now. “Oil prices will drop precipitously, like everything else is dropping (but more!), when we WIN the war with Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday.
President Donald Trump predicted on Wednesday that the Iran conflict would end directly after the November midterm elections. Trump made the comments while talking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews en route to the Republican midterm convention in Dallas.
President Donald Trump says oil prices that spiked because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after the U.S. midterm elections. Oil prices jumped more than 3% today, pushing international Brent crude past the $100 threshold for the first time since July as salvos between the U.S.
President Donald Trump predicted that the war in Iran would only end after the November midterm elections, and that significant gasoline price relief wouldn’t come before then, a scenario that could heighten political risk for Republicans.
By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he expects Iran will abandon its war effort after the US midterm elections – and he conceded American gas prices are unlikely to fall before then.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections.
President Donald Trump says the war in Iran will end after the November midterm elections, and that significant gasoline price relief won't come before then. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Trump said Wednesday he believes the U.S. war with Iran will end “immediately” after November’s midterm elections. “I think the war is going to end immediately after the election,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews en route to the Republican midterm convention in Dallas.
Ahead of his appearance at the Republican midterm convention in Texas on Wednesday, President Trump told reporters that he thinks the war with Iran will end "immediately after" the midterm elections. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Iran war not to end before midterms, Trump admits The Iran war is all but likely to drag on through the midterm elections in November, according to President Trump.
President Donald Trump, in an exchange with reporters before traveling to Dallas for the midterm Republican convention, added that he believes Iran will finally relent after the pivotal elections are held in the U.S.
President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the war with Iran will end “immediately after” the November midterm elections, saying Tehran “can’t hold out any longer” as the United States intensifies military and economic pressure on the regime.
President Trump is claiming an end to the Iran war is in sight as he campaigns with Republicans ahead of the midterms. Meanwhile, his trade war with Canada and new claims about his personal experience with 9/11 are raising questions. CBS News' Nancy Cordes has more.
DALLAS — President Donald Trump attempted to turn one of his biggest political vulnerabilities into a strength for Republicans here Wednesday, making the war with Iran a key focus of his speech at the party’s midterm convention.
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