Trump says Iran war could be over soon but warns against oil disruption

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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the war against Iran may be short-lived, despite the country’s selection of a new hard-line supreme leader to oversee the fight for the Islamic theocracy’s survival.But moments later, Mr Trump hinted during a news conference that the worst fighting could still be ahead as he threatened intensified action if Iran made any “attempt to stop the globe’s oil supply”.The back-and-forth sent oil prices and stock markets see-sawing.

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00:05On Iran, you called it an excursion, you said it would be over soon, are you thinking this

00:10week it will be over?

00:11No, but soon.

00:12Are you talking about days?

00:13I think soon.

00:13Okay, and with respect to-

00:14Very soon.

00:15Look, and I will not allow a terrorist regime to hold the world hostage and attempt to stop

00:20the globe's oil supply, and if Iran does anything to do that, they'll get hit at a much, much

00:26harder level.

00:27I will take out those targets that were easy.

00:57I will take out those targets.

00:58Tells our boss when they freak out.

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