Forbes Breaking NewsOctober 10, 2026

Trump claims the Iran conflict will soon end, praising his own performance: 'We did well'

What to look for
You can review Trump's remarks about the end of the Iran conflict and falling oil prices, his praise of the B2 airstrike, and his claims about nuclear scenarios in the 2-minute original.
Why it matters
Understanding how geopolitical remarks spill over into oil-price and defense-industry news can help connect politicians' statements with market reactions when interpreting them.

The account reports that Trump claimed the Iran conflict would soon end and prices would plunge, saying that the fake news does not mention matters that have already been resolved. It explains that he said he had seen prices of 1.95 dollars and 1.85 dollars per gallon on gas station signs before his Iowa speech, and that prices would soon fall to those levels once the conflict stopped. It says he credited himself with ending Iran's attempt to acquire nuclear weapons and claimed that, without the early airstrike by B2 bombers, Iran would have had nuclear weapons within 2~3 weeks. It reports that he said Iran, had it acquired nuclear weapons, would have blown up the Middle East and Israel and targeted San Diego and Los Angeles first along its missiles' flight paths, while adding that Europe might have come before the United States. It explains that he concluded there was now no need to worry and that the price paid was very small. All projections about the direction of developments are the speaker's conditional judgments, not definitive short-term price forecasts.

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