Oil price falls and markets rally after Trump says Iran war over in ‘two to three weeks’

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/iran-war-oil-prices-trump-crude-stock-markets-business-us-israel-middle-east

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    1. BiteTheAppleJim on

      Likey my engineering director once told to us, “Why do you keep two weeking me? Every time I ask how much longer the debugging will take you say two weeks. You’ve been two weeking me for three fucking months. I’m sick of your shit!”

    2. handsoapdispenser on

      It’s genuinely insane anyone is responding to his obvious attempts at market manipulation. Aside from the lies about Iran’s president, he strongly indicated he’d withdraw without opening the Strait. How is that good news for anyone? 

    3. I have never been a trader, so I understand sometimes they just have to take POTUS at his word. But why in the world do they keep taking these comments seriously?

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    4. Koi_Fish_Mystic on

      It’s not over until Iran says it’s over. He can say all he wants but until Iran is satisfied of the results there will continue to be the economic fallout of his Epstein War.

      How anyone responds to his lies is beyond me. Let alone the “markets”.

    5. No_Sense_6171 on

      Point one: He’s a compulsive liar.

      Point two: He has no idea how long it will last. His band of larcenous ‘advisors’ has no idea. The ayatollahs have no idea.

      You might as well read entrails in making your investment decisions.

    6. hither2forlorn on

      How is that the market keeps falling for the 2-week gambit? I just don’t understand it. Shouldn’t people know already that the Trump timeline means nothing. He might pull out tomorrow if he can make a quick buck or he might go on for months if he can make a lot of quick bucks.

      Fool me once … and all that.

    7. JeanPicLucard on

      Maybe I don’t understand, how does saying something that is untrue affect the supply of something? Does this mean that supply (and demand) isn’t setting the price for oil? Is it just speculation or were companies raising the prices in anticipation of supply choking?

    8. It is striking that this always seems to work. The investor class is just obsessed with listening to this man and general wishful thinking I guess. It is striking to see that this totally man mad problem is having a man made situation just ignore situations on the ground because of that thinking.

      In prior times the thought that something might be would mess with things for weeks. I do think the stock market has become more unmoored from reality with Trump there. Granted, I do not know how you can take the man seriously with him contradicting himself so much but supposedly smart people must find something in there they want to hear and ignore the rest.

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