Trump Calls Iran “Islamic Republic of Japan” as Oil Surges 5% and Stocks Crash
The post Trump Calls Iran “Islamic Republic of Japan” as Oil Surges 5% and Stocks Crash appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. President Donald Trump has told the reporters that the US-Iran ceasefire is now over. “I don’t want to have anything to do with them anymore; they’re scum,” he added. The comments jolted the financial markets around the world. Stocks fell, oil surged, and around $500 billion was wiped out of U.S. stock markets in just a few hours. The remarks also included some unusual verbal errors by Trump, such as referring to Iran as the “Islamic Republic of Japan” while discussing an attack on a U.S. aircraft carrier involving 11 missiles. President Trump said during the NATO Summit that they will probably hit Iran again tonight. Last week, positive news came in from the US-Iran talks. The indirect talks concluded between Iranian and U.S. negotiators and Qatari and Pakistani mediators in Doha, Qatar, with positive progress. But today, all of that progress seems to go in vain