President Donald Trump is signaling to Americans that he found an off-ramp in his war with Iran.
After days of threatening strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure, Trump abruptly announced Monday that the U.S. had held “very good and productive conversations” with Tehran and would postpone any planned attacks.
Markets rallied in response: oil prices fell, stocks surged, and analysts assumed the worst was over.
The truth may be more complicated.
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