Trump appears optimistic about the end of the war in Iran but sends contradictory messages: "We haven't won enough"

El Mundo reports that Donald Trump used tweets and a prearranged CBS interview to calm markets after a volatile week.

“Over the past decade, Donald Trump has shown he is a master at playing the media, world leaders, the domestic opposition and the markets”

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The week began with oil trading above $115 a barrel and the largest one-day rise in futures on record.

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Asian stock markets plunged and the American market looked weak.

Investors latched on to his optimistic wording and oil fell to $85.

The article stresses that his message was much less clear in substance: he offered no promises or dates and repeatedly qualified his remarks.

In the interview the president said "the war is practically over."

The president said "They have no navy, no communications, no Air Force."

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He boasted of having hit "up to 5,000 targets in the Middle East."

He described the bombing campaign as a "small excursion" to finish off "bad people."

He asserted that "The United States has already won in many respects, but we have not won enough."

He said "No one has any idea who will be the country's leaders and we will not give up until the enemy is defeated totally and decisively."

The article contrasts those statements with the War Department's line: "We have barely begun to fight."

He called the appointment of the son of Ayatollah Ali Jamenei "very disappointing" and "worrying."

He did not clarify whether he intends to continue attacks until that son is eliminated, saying "I don't want to get into that."

Trump said he had a very good chat with Vladimir Putin.

“Over the past decade, Donald Trump has shown he is a master at playing the media, world leaders, the domestic opposition and the markets”

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He said they discussed Ukraine and the Middle East.

He said Putin expressed a desire to be very constructive.

He announced the United States is temporarily exempting certain oil-related sanctions to lower prices.

He said the U.S. is offering political risk insurance to tankers in the Gulf and that the U.S. Navy and partners would escort tankers if necessary.

He declared that we are ending the entire Iranian threat once and for all and predicted reduced oil and gas prices for American families.

He warned any renewed action would receive an even more forceful blow and said the price for trying such action would be incalculable.

The article concludes the conflict nevertheless remains completely open.