WASHINGTON (April 8): Donald Trump's dramatic climbdown from his chilling threat to wipe out Iran's civilization has exposed the limits — and the rising risks — of the US president's typically unpredictable negotiating style. But Trump’s claims of victory over Iran overlooked questions about ‌the effectiveness of mixing maximalist demands, erratic rhetoric and increasingly extreme threats. He claimed in his post that the US had "already met and exceeded all Military ​objectives". Trump's change of tack on Iran followed a ​spike in US gasoline prices and his own slumping approval ratings. Iran, which has denied seeking a nuclear bomb, still has a stockpile of enriched uranium believed mostly buried underground by US-Israeli air strikes in June.

Source: The Edge Markets April 09, 2026 03:01 UTC