US President Trump: Iran's proposal is a stupid proposal

Agustin Wazne FXStreet

United States (US) President Donald Trump said that Iran’s proposal was “stupid” and that they agreed on his terms, but then reversed on them. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday.

Key takeaways:

Iran's proposal is a stupid proposal.

Iranians said US can have nuclear material but would have to take it out.

Iran agrees with US, then reverses itself.

Iran did not mention not pursuing nuclear weapon in letter.

I am very disappointed in the Kurds.

Ceasefire is on life support.”

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 Japanese Yen.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.06%	-0.10%	0.24%	-0.07%	-0.16%	0.00%	0.13%
EUR	-0.06%		-0.16%	0.15%	-0.16%	-0.20%	-0.04%	0.07%
GBP	0.10%	0.16%		0.32%	-0.00%	-0.05%	0.11%	0.22%
JPY	-0.24%	-0.15%	-0.32%		-0.32%	-0.36%	-0.22%	-0.11%
CAD	0.07%	0.16%	0.00%	0.32%		-0.05%	0.05%	0.20%
AUD	0.16%	0.20%	0.05%	0.36%	0.05%		0.14%	0.28%
NZD	-0.00%	0.04%	-0.11%	0.22%	-0.05%	-0.14%		0.13%
CHF	-0.13%	-0.07%	-0.22%	0.11%	-0.20%	-0.28%	-0.13%

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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