Oil surges above $100 a barrel; Trump says 'small price to pay' for defeating Iran
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Gulf Arab oil producers are cutting production as they run out of storage space because they can't export through the Strait of Hormuz

Crude oil prices surged above $100 per barrel on Sunday, after major Middle East producers cut output because the critical Strait of Hormuz remains closed due to the Iran war.

West Texas Intermediate jumped 17%, or $15.32, to $106.22 per barrel. Global benchmark Brent advanced 15%, or $14.28, to $106.92. U.S. crude oil surged about 35% last week in its biggest gain in futures trading history dating back to 1983. The last time oil prices topped $100 per barrel was after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Shortly after oil blasted past $100 at the open of trading Sunday evening, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that a gain in “short term oil prices” was a “very small price to pay” for destroying Iran’s nuclear threat.

  • I_Jedi@lemmy.todayEnglish
    8·
    10 hours ago

    Full related tweet:

    Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!President DJT

    • floofloof@lemmy.ca
      6·
      4 hours ago

      Iran’s nuclear threat that they claimed to have utterly obliterated with their bombing last year? That threat again? The one Netanyahu has said is just weeks away every year since 1995?