TRUMP TELLS THE FT THE U.S. HAS NO IMMEDIATE PLAN TO ATTACK IRAN, CALLING THE POSITION WITH TEHRAN “BRILLIANT” AND SAYING “WE APPEAR TO BE ACHIEVING ALL OUR OBJECTIVES”

Former President Trump told the Financial Times that the United States has no immediate plan to attack Iran, describing the current standoff with Tehran as "brilliant" and asserting that Washington "appears to be achieving all our objectives." The remarks lower the near-term probability of a direct U.S.-Iran military escalation, which would otherwise carry the most acute transmission to crude oil through supply-disruption risk in the Strait of Hormuz and to a broader geopolitical risk premium across energy and defense equities. The de-escalatory signal tends to compress that premium, pressuring Brent and WTI futures and Gulf-linked sovereign debt, while supporting risk appetite in cyclical sectors more sensitive to energy costs. Because the statement comes from a political figure rather than an official policy document, traders are likely to treat it as a headline-driven, low-conviction signal and watch oil implied volatility and tanker insurance rates for confirmation. The next concrete catalysts are weekly U.S. Energy Information Administration crude inventory data and any formal statements from the State Department or Pentagon, which would determine whether the rhetoric translat

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