Trump: Decision on Massive Iran Attack Close
Iran's Houthi allies in Yemen struck two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, sending Brent crude past $100 a barrel — a price point that compresses every economy that imports oil and narrows the space for political restraint on all sides.
Donald Trump has told reporters a decision on what he described as a "massive attack" against Iran is imminent, as the Middle East crisis deepens on multiple fronts simultaneously.
The remarks came as UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council that the region is being pushed to the "edge of the unimaginable," with escalation risks now outpacing diplomatic capacity at every level, per The Guardian.
The trigger is partly material. Iran's Houthi allies in Yemen struck two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, sending Brent crude past $100 a barrel — a price point that compresses every economy that imports oil and narrows the space for political restraint on all sides.
The Saudi nuclear deal sits at the centre of the geopolitical architecture fracturing in real time. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the deal is now contingent on Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords — a condition Riyadh has long rejected without a credible Palestinian statehood pathway, which Israel's current government refuses to provide. The triangle has no exit, according to the New York Times.
Congress is divided and functionally blocked. The House passed a nonbinding resolution directing Trump to withdraw from Iran hostilities. Senate Republicans voted to let the war continue. A nonbinding resolution against a Senate-backed president is wallpaper.
One move you can make now: If your business has oil-linked contracts or fuel cost clauses, pull them and read the force majeure language before the week ends. At $100 a barrel, those clauses are no longer theoretical.
