$100 oil will wreck the midterm elections: Trump can’t wait for November to cut a deal

Trump wants this war wrapped by November not because peace polls well, but because $100 oil never does.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump predicted that the Iran war would end “immediately after” the November election. On Monday, Iran and Gulf states are due to meet in Oman over passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while the Houthis have pushed to the edge of another maritime chokepoint at Bab al-Mandeb. The calendar is backward. […]

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