and productive conversations with Iran and he will order the military ​to postpone any military ​strikes against Iranian power plants ⁠and energy infrastructure for five ​days.

Trump’s move followed a threat by ​Iran to attack Israel’s power plants and those supplying U.S. bases ​across the Gulf region if ​the U.S. targets Iran’s power network.

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    Iran says he’s lying and there have been no discussions with any US representative. Pretty clear ploy to rig the markets; expect another empty threat on market close Friday

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      This entire presidency has been one big grift after another. The amount of laws broken and the amount of embezzlement is staggering. From Noem’s 250+ million advertising campaign to Trump literally paying himself hundreds of millions in legal fees no administration has ever come close to this level of blatant corruption.

      This isn’t even getting into the stock market manipulations and crypto scams.