Oil prices fall as Trump says war could be over very soon
Oil prices fell sharply Tuesday after Donald Trump said the war he started with Iran would be over “very soon.” However, oil prices remained volatile and well above their levels before the conflict started. The average gasoline price in the U.S. on March 10 had risen to $3.48 a gallon. The world’s biggest oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, warned today of the war’s potentially “catastrophic consequences” for oil markets if flows don’t resume through the vital Strait of Hormuz. While Trump in an interview with CBS said, “I think the war is very complete, pretty much,” he later appeared to contradict those remarks. Today, Trump vowed in an internet post to hit Iran “TWENTY TIMES HARDER” if it “does anything” to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
Evidence emerges that U.S. missile struck Iran school
Video footage has emerged that appears to show a U.S. missile targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base adjacent to the school where Iranian state media say scores of children were killed. The footage, which was filmed from a nearby construction site, shows a munition that experts said is consistent with an American BGM or UGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) striking a location inside the IRGC base. At least 168 children and 14 teachers were killed, according to Iranian state media. Donald Trump claimed without evidence that Iran had struck the school. N.R. Jenzen-Jones, a munitions expert and the director of Armament Research Services (ARES), told CNN that the satellite imagery and videos “paint a picture of multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes” hitting both the IRGC compound and the school.
New poll shows opposition to Iran war
The Quinnipiac University Poll has released results of a new poll on the war President Trump launched against Iran. The poll found that a majority of voters oppose the U.S. military action, do not want to see U.S. ground troops sent into Iran, and do not expect a quick end to the conflict. More than three-quarters think it is likely that the U.S. military action against Iran will result in a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. The poll found that 53% of voters oppose the U.S. military action against Iran, while 40% support it. When looked at from a standpoint of political affiliation, 89% of Democrats oppose the war versus 7% who favor it. Among independents, 60% oppose the war while 31% support it. Among Republicans, 85% support the war and 11% oppose it. When it comes to sending U.S. troops into Iran to fight on the ground, 74% oppose the idea while 20% support it. While 95% of Democrats and 75% of independents oppose sending in troops, 52% of Republicans also are against such action.
Trump skips return of soldier’s body and attends political fundraiser
The body of the seventh U.S. service member killed in the conflict with Iran was brought home Monday evening in a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, age 26, from Glendale, Kentucky, died Sunday after sustaining injuries in an attack by Iran on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. Vice President Vance, Defense Secretary Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine were at the solemn event. President Trump skipped it and attended a political fundraising event for Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. Trump had come under criticism for wearing a white baseball cap of the kind he sells at his merchandise store during a dignified transfer of soldiers’ bodies on Saturday. Fox News was criticized for showing old footage of Trump without the baseball cap at a military ceremony instead of footage of the Saturday event.
Trump’s political pull to be tested in Georgia election
President Donald Trump’s sway over the Republican Party faces a fresh test Tuesday with a free-for-all special election in northwest Georgia to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Trump ally-turned-critic who vacated her seat in Congress in January. Clay Fuller, a former prosecutor and Air Force veteran, won Trump’s endorsement from a field of nearly 20 candidates. The president’s decision to weigh in on the Georgia race, which has several self-described MAGA candidates on the ballot, was intended to help avoid a runoff and fill the seat quickly to give Speaker Mike Johnson more cushion in his razor-thin House Republican majority. Tom Gray, a pastor who is also running to replace Greene, expressed his support for Trump but added: “We’re independent thinkers and decision-makers.”
Trump’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission cuts back plant inspections
The federal regulatory agency tasked with keeping America’s nuclear power plants safe and running smoothly is set to make huge cuts to the amount of time its staffers spend on safety and emergency inspections. Donald Trump has signed an executive order requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to reorganize. The NRC is proposing to dramatically reduce its inspection hours for existing nuclear power plants, cut back on the amount of time independent inspectors look for plants’ security procedures, radiation protection for staff, maintenance and safety. The NRC has been an independent agency and Trump now is changing that to make it respond to political pressure.
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