Trump's claim that US and Iran are talking elicits market cheers and plenty of skepticism

[Dulcinea]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump started the fourth week of his war against Iran by offering the world some guarded optimism that the U.S. could soon be winding operations down, a claim that markets cheered but Iranian officials dismissed as a ploy to buy time for a conflict that is causing economic pain around the globe.

In a social media message timed before markets opened, Trump said he was putting off for five days plans he announced over the weekend to bomb Iran’s power plants unless Tehran opened the Strait of Hormuz by Monday evening. The critical passageway for some 20% of the world’s crude has been effectively shuttered during the war, sending oil and gas prices soaring.

He decided to hold back on targeting Iran’s critical infrastructure, Trump explained, because his envoys, son-in-law Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, had “very good” talks over the weekend with unnamed “respected” Iranian officials on ending hostilities.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-talks-objectives-e27ba37004edf6dc241417ad11c87760

[UpInArms]

1. There are no talks

He di not have a conversation with a past president regarding Iran

He is either hearing voices or lying (and when doesn’t he lie)

But …

I am not certain that this type of lie is going to do anything other than get TFG committed to an insane asylum

[wcmagumba]

2. Trump and his goons are manipulating the markets for their own personal benefit...this clearly should be criminal...

[Wuddles440]

3. Should be...

but all the regulatory bodies have been effectively neutered.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Trump talks through his ass