Donald Trump today said that “certainly it would look” like Iran was behind a series of drone attacks in Saudia Arabia that struck the heart of its oil production. It's the closest he’s gotten yet to placing outright blame on Tehran for the strikes
in Saudia Arabia that struck the heart of its oil production, the closest he’s gotten yet to placing outright blame on Tehran for the strikes.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Pompeo issued a call for “all nations to publicly and unequivocally condemn Iran’s attacks” and vowed that Iran would be “held accountable for its aggression.” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he’d been in touch with allies in the region, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman and Iraqi Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari, about the strikes. In a series of tweets Monday afternoon, Esper said he’d just returned to the Pentagon after briefing Trump on the situation, adding that multiple U.S.
“They stuck strongly to that story knowing that it was a very big lie. Now they say that they had nothing to do with the attack on Saudi Arabia,” he continued, adding: “We’ll see?” At the White House, Trump announced that Pompeo “and others” would travel to Saudia Arabia in the near future “to discuss what they feel” and would “make a statement fairly soon.”
White House officials continued to exude an air of confidence that the U.S. oil boom would provide insulation from any shocks to the market stemming from the strikes. Marc Short, the vice president’s chief of staff, told reporters Monday that that was what Trump meant in his “locked and loaded” tweet.
to Retuers. At one point, prices rose nearly 20 percent, the biggest intra-day gain since the first Persian Gulf War in 1991.Still, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Monday that he’d like to see international energy producers band together in light of the threat from Iran. The president appeared to take note of that idea, telling reporters he would consider that to be a proportionate response to the strikes.
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