Kristen Holmes
@KristenhCNN · Diplomatic & national-security press — DC
Kristen Holmes is a CNN senior White House correspondent.
President Trump says US gas prices are unlikely to fall before November’s midterm elections, an acknowledgment of continued domestic fallout tied to his war with Iran. “Right after the election, oil prices are going to be tumbling downward." Comes as global benchmark oil price topped $100 a barrel once again.
President Trump says the most recent round of US strikes went beyond targeting Iran’s radar systems, in effort to eliminate nation’s ability to track ships through Strait of Hormuz. “They were trying to see the ships,” he said from the Oval Office. “They can’t see it because they have no radar, because we blew it up, and we blew up much more than their radar last night... We took out all the new equipment that they tried to build along the Strait of Hormuz"
Oil futures climbed above $94 a barrel on Tuesday after US Central Command announced new strikes against targets in Iran in response to attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet next week in Kyrgyzstan after the two countries signed a $25 billion plan to build new nuclear plants, according to Iran’s semi-official news agency Mehr.
President Trump tells Glenn Beck this week’s visit by the CIA director to Moscow was “semi-routine,” and not intended to warn Russian President Vladimir Putin against an attack on NATO territory or ask for Russia’s help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.