Trump Pauses Attacks on Iran, Warns Staff
Catch up on the top industries and stocks that were impacted, or were predicted to be impacted, by the comments, actions and policies of President Donald Trump with this daily recap compiled by The Fly.FUTURES MARKETS:Hours after President Trump announced a sudden pause on attacks against Iran in late March, the White House warned staffers against improperly leveraging their positions to place well-timed bets in prediction markets, the Wall Street Journal's Philip Wegmann. The warning was issued in a staff-wide email from the White House Management Office on March 23, the author says, citing people familiar with the matter.STRAIT OF HORMUZ:In a post on Truth Social, President Trump stated, "Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!"In a different post on Truth Social, President Trump also said that, "There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait - They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!"SCALE BACK:President Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call to scale back Israel's strikes in Lebanon to help ensure the success of the Iran negotiations, a senior administration official told NBC News' Katherine Doyle. Israel agreed "to be a helpful partner," the official said, according to the.