BREAKING: Trump told aides he is willing to end the US military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed – WSJ

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This morning Trump said negotiations are going great. He said the same thing last Monday.

Then today Trump said he was going to destroy Iran’s oil infrastructure. He threatened the same thing last weekend.

After hours Monday Trump said that he is willing to end the war without fixing Hormuz. He will leave that to the world. He said the same thing two weeks ago.

This continual rope-a-dope is not fooling Iran. All it’s doing is preventing bulls from capitulating.

So global markets will zig zag lower on lying headlines, until Trump pulls the trigger and markets spontaneously explode.

Gulf allies privately make the case to Trump to keep fighting until Iran is decisively defeated

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing that Tehran hasn’t been weakened enough by the monthlong U.S.-led bombing campaign, according to U.S., Gulf and Israeli officials.

After private grumbling at the start of the war that they were not given adequate advance notice of the U.S.-Israeli attack and complaining the U.S. had ignored their warnings that the war would have devastating consequences for the entire region, some of the regional allies are making the case to the White House that the moment offers a historic opportunity to cripple Tehran’s clerical rule once and for all.

Officials from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain have conveyed in private conversations that they do not want the military operation to end until there are significant changes in the Iranian leadership or there’s a dramatic shift in Iranian behavior, according to the officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.