Operation in Iran ahead of schedule

Trump Says Operation in Iran Is ‘Very Complete,’ Far Ahead of Schedule

President Donald Trump on Monday said that the U.S.-Israeli operation against Iran is “very complete,” giving an indication that the one-week-long war is coming to an end soon.

“I think the war is very complete, pretty much,” Trump told Weijia Jiang, CBS’s senior White House correspondent. “They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air Force,” he said, according to Jiang.

The CBS reporter also asked Trump whether he had a comment for Iran’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named by the regime over the past weekend. Trump stated, “I have no message for him. None, whatsoever.”

Mojtaba’s father, former Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, was killed in one of the first strikes launched against Iran more than a week ago.

Trump said the United States is “very far” ahead of the initial four-to-five week estimated timetable, and said that the administration is considering taking over the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway that provides the only passage from the Persian Gulf to the ocean.

“They’ve shot everything they have to shoot, and they better not try anything cute, or it’s going to be the end of that country,” Trump told CBS, referring to Iran’s military.

Read more...

The price for a barrel of crude oil dropped to around $90 later on Monday after Trump’s comment to CBS.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 880 points but rebounded, trading higher by 239 points by the market’s closing time on Monday.