US President Trump: 'We may have to give Iran another hit, but I’m not sure'

Agustin Wazne FXStreet

United States (US) President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he might restart attacks on Iran, but that he hasn't made up his mind. He also claimed that Iran is begging to make a deal while speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday.

Key quotes:

We may have to give Iran another hit, but I’m not sure.

Iran is begging to make a deal.

I don’t know about changing the regime in Cuba.

Cuba really needs help."

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 Australian Dollar.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.54%	0.31%	0.16%	0.21%	1.17%	0.87%	0.75%
EUR	-0.54%		-0.22%	-0.35%	-0.32%	0.65%	0.35%	0.22%
GBP	-0.31%	0.22%		-0.13%	-0.09%	0.85%	0.58%	0.45%
JPY	-0.16%	0.35%	0.13%		0.03%	0.99%	0.71%	0.58%
CAD	-0.21%	0.32%	0.09%	-0.03%		0.96%	0.67%	0.54%
AUD	-1.17%	-0.65%	-0.85%	-0.99%	-0.96%		-0.27%	-0.43%
NZD	-0.87%	-0.35%	-0.58%	-0.71%	-0.67%	0.27%		-0.13%
CHF	-0.75%	-0.22%	-0.45%	-0.58%	-0.54%	0.43%	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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