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Trump: We have 38 bridges in our target bank in Iran, and we can destroy them all in just one hour.

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📰via FS
✍️Edited by Luís Barata

President Trump stated that the United States has 38 bridges in its target bank in Iran and could destroy all of them within one hour, according to the headline. The remark signals a potential escalation in military threats against Iranian infrastructure, which typically transmits to markets through a geopolitical risk premium rather than a direct fundamentals shift. Oil and energy-linked assets are the most exposed, as heightened Middle East conflict expectations tend to lift crude prices via supply-disruption concerns in the Strait of Hormuz corridor and broader Gulf shipping routes. Safe-haven flows may also support gold, the US dollar, and Treasuries, while regional equities and Iran-linked instruments face elevated volatility and wider risk spreads. Traders should watch the next official statements from the White House and Pentagon, along with any Iranian military response and oil inventory data from the EIA weekly report.

Source: Originally reported by FS at November 08, 2026. Summary and market context by Trading News Terminal editorial.

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