Some familiar patterns are emerging behind Donald Trump’s unexpected claim that the United States wants a peace deal with Iran, and talks are ongoing.
Donald Trump has often viewed the stock market as the American economy, and since his first administration he has been fond of manipulating it through social media posts and statements.
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On Monday, Trump told reporters before leaving for Memphis, Tennessee:
So tomorrow morning, sometime their time, we were expected to blow up their largest power plants, which had cost over $10 billion to build. It’s a very good one. There was no shortage of money and one chance: it was gone. It’s collapsing. Why would they want that? So they called. I didn’t call. They called.
They want to make a deal. And we are very willing to make a deal. It must be a good deal. And there should be no more wars, no more nuclear weapons. They will no longer have nuclear weapons. They agree to that. All that stuff is no deal.
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The Iranians claim that Trump is lying about the situation, and when told the Iranian position, Trump had no facts to support his claims.
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