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Axios: US-Iran-Oman interim deal near, announcement aimed for today; Brent ~78-79. EVENT: will, days.
The strait's going to be open very soon or they're going to get hit very hard and then the strait's going to be open.
Oval Office: strait completely open by tomorrow as phase one; Iran denies talks. EVENT: will, dated Aug 4.
We're talking about the straight, the opening of the straight, having it open literally by tomorrow, completely open. And that's phase one.
WTI crude since this was said: ▼ -7.1% · 80.34 → 74.66 · as of 2026-08-05
Answering whether Iran moved centrifuges into Pickaxe Mountain: 'You're talking about the centrifuges. It doesn't mean anything unless they have the materials' @0:44, and 'But we'll be hitting that area pretty soon and very heavily' @1:03. Anchor cites Axios that Trump may launch a massive joint campaign with Israel @1:26.
“We follow the material, that's where the action is, and we'll be hitting that area probably pretty soon.”
WTI crude since this was said: ▼ -14.0% · 86.83 → 74.66 · as of 2026-08-05
Spoken en route to a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover after the 11th consecutive night of US strikes on Iran @0:59. The next transcript line, 'Everybody wants Iran to have a nuclear weapon' @0:29, is an apparent whisper garble (almost certainly 'Nobody wants') and is excluded from the quote. Reporter notes Rubio said Iran does not 'seem to be serious' about a settlement (paraphrase, not filed).
“Well, Americans aren't against the war, a poll just came out, Americans don't want to have gasoline prices, but they're not against the war, that just came out loud and clear in a poll.”
WTI crude since this was said: ▼ -14.0% · 86.83 → 74.66 · as of 2026-08-05
The post continues 'including those located next to or in the capital city of Tehran' @0:49. Oil prices reacting overnight; matches the video title about threatening retaliation against civilian targets. Filed secondhand: written statement read aloud by the reporter, not Trump's voice.
“anytime the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by missile, rocket drone or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy one bridge or power plant”
WTI crude since this was said: ▼ -14.0% · 86.83 → 74.66 · as of 2026-08-05
Played clip amid the fifth straight day of US-Iran strikes with oil under $80. Immediately before, asked 'Do you see inflation at the end of the year less than it is now?' he answers 'Well, I think so' @0:20. The 'drop like a rock' is conditional on the conflict ending. Clip date not stated on tape; aired Jul 16.
“oil is going to be a little bit of a yo-yo for a while. It goes up a little bit, goes down a little bit, and when this is over, oil is going to drop like a rock.”
WTI crude since this was said: ▼ -5.4% · 78.95 → 74.66 · as of 2026-08-05
Asked 'Would you be okay if the Federal Reserve paused rates for the rest of the year?' he first answers 'Well, it's better than raising them' @0:34 (interviewer's 'Okay' @0:36 excluded from quote). Panel notes this is a retreat from his earlier calls for 300bp of cuts @2:05.
“I mean, I'd like to see them go down. I'd like to see our country have the lowest rate anywhere in the world.”
Reacting to the new inflation report: 'the report was incredible. The inflation is way down' @0:21, contrasted with months of '9 and 10%' inflation under the prior administration @0:12. Aired the day June PPI fell more than expected after a cooler June CPI.
“Prices are way down. Prices are coming way down, and we're gonna bring 'em much lower.”
Oval Office remarks after June CPI printed the first monthly decline in six years (same tape @14:46); pitched to the midterms camera: 'Remember that for the midterms'
“Prices are coming way down and we're going to bring them much lower yet.”
Told Fox (aired on CNBC) after weekend US strikes on Iran; adds allies will reimburse the US; crude above $74 on the tape
“So we're just going to hit him very hard and we're going to keep the Strait and we'll probably run it. We'll become the guardian of the Strait.”
WTI crude since this was said: ▼ -4.5% · 78.14 → 74.66 · as of 2026-08-05
On Warsh cutting: “He's a great guy and a great pro, and I know where he'd like to be, but he has to do what he has to do.” Wants lower rates (“they wanna bring it down by raising interest rates, and it shouldn't be that way”)
…aren't open. More, but 57,000 jobs were below expectations, and I think there were some revisions, but the job market has been stronger than people anticipated. However, we had $90 oil at 67, 68 today , and 57,000, would you say that gives W arsh, the new Fed chairman, who you chose, more flexibility? Because for a while, we thought the next move might be a hike. Now, the stars are aligning, would you say, for him to cut? - Well, he's got a boy that maybe is a little bit hostile, and unfortunately, and maybe a boy that wants to do the wrong thing, so I don't know. He's a great guy and a great pro, and I know where he'd like to be, but he has to do what he has to do. I really think that I would love to be able to get back. You know, in the old days, probably, maybe before you started thinking about these things, but if you go back 20 or 25 years, when you announced great numbers, the stock market went up. When you announced bad numbers, the stock market would go down. Today, it's the opposite. When you announce good numbers, the stock market goes down, sometimes really weighted, depending on how good, the better they are that work, because they have this phobia, they have this horrible derangement syndrome about inflation, and growth can be good…From: this video · 3 claims mined from it
“Right now we are in a golden age… 401Ks are up at levels that they've never seen before, up 80 and 90%… 81 days, we have 81 records”
S&P 500 since this was said: ▲ +3.5% · 7,483 → 7,742 · as of 2026-08-05
…- Mr. President, it's great to see you. - Thank you. - Thank you for having me in this incredible place and happy Independence Day and happy Semiquincentennial. - Yeah, that's true. - Have I got that right? - Thank you. - 250 years and I just wanna start flying at about 40,000 feet and just, which you've done a pretty nice plane lately, by the way, I saw that. What's so amazing about this country in your words for the last 250 years? You always say like, never been seen before. There's never been a country like this that's ever been seen in the history world. - Well, a lot of people don't understand that right now we are in a golden age. You understand it very well, you cover it very well. We have more factories being built today than ever before. We have more people working today than at any time ever in the history of our country and people making more money than they 've ever made. I'm not talking about rich people, I'm talking about people that have like normal or normalized jobs, more money than they've ever made before. 401Ks are up at levels that they've never seen before, up 80 and 90%. And the stock market's at an all time high. I think it's 81 days out of a short year and a half. 81 days, we have 81 records.…From: this video · 3 claims mined from it
“There's no reason we should stop at four percent. We should be at 12 percent and 13 percent GDP”
…for inflation, not just bad for inflation, and it's a shame. Anytime numbers are announced that are not so good, I wish I could flip it the old way, that when you announce great numbers, 'cause otherwise, it's almost like they wanna kill strength. They wanna kill success. You announce good numbers. I wonder, like, you have a couple of countries. India is one, doing very well, but it's at seven, eight percent. Others take a look at Japan's numbers. I mean, they're doing very well, she's very good, she's doing a good job, a friend of mine, but they're allowed to go up. We're not allowed to go up. If we go up, they wanna kill it. There's no reason we should stop at four percent. We should be at 12 percent and 13 percent GDP. And I hate what happens where, in the old days, we would be, that's how we built the country. Now you announce positive things, and they wanna bring it down by raising interest rates, and it shouldn't be that way. It should go back to the way it was.…From: this video · 3 claims mined from it
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