US President Trump: Iran war could be over soon

Agustin Wazne FXStreet

United States (US) President Donald Trump told NBC News on Monday that he did not want to discuss whether he would like the US to seize Iranian Oil, adding that he believes it's too soon to talk about it.

Key takeaways

Trump did not want to discuss whether he would like the US to seize Iranian oil, but added: “Certainly people have talked about it.”

Asked if Congress will approve the bill, the president said: I don’t know.

Regarding a bill that would tighten voting requirements, Trump noted “Nobody is doing much on it," he added. "And until they do, I’m not doing anything.”

Trump: It is too soon to talk about seizing Iran's oil.”

US President Trump spoke to other media and stated that the Iran war could be over soon "I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air Force," Trump told CBS in a phone interview.

On Iran's new Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Trump told CBS News: "I have no message for him."

Finally, Trump said to Al Arabiya that controlling Iran's oil could strain US relations with China."

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Swiss Franc.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.10%	-0.08%	0.25%	0.02%	-0.45%	-0.29%	0.35%
EUR	-0.10%		-0.20%	0.04%	-0.18%	-0.42%	-0.49%	0.15%
GBP	0.08%	0.20%		0.25%	0.02%	-0.22%	-0.29%	0.35%
JPY	-0.25%	-0.04%	-0.25%		-0.19%	-0.52%	-0.53%	0.14%
CAD	-0.02%	0.18%	-0.02%	0.19%		-0.33%	-0.34%	0.33%
AUD	0.45%	0.42%	0.22%	0.52%	0.33%		-0.06%	0.57%
NZD	0.29%	0.49%	0.29%	0.53%	0.34%	0.06%		0.64%
CHF	-0.35%	-0.15%	-0.35%	-0.14%	-0.33%	-0.57%	-0.64%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

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Agustin Wazne

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Agustin Wazne joined FXStreet as a Junior News Editor, focusing on Commodities and covering Majors.

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