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With six days left for Iran to accept America’s terms for an end to the fighting in the Strait of Hormuz, time is of the essence. The world is waiting with every passing minute for word of a more permanent resolution to the fighting. However, if you use the stock market as an indicator, the end is near and good times are right around the corner. WOR White House correspondent Jon Decker appeared on 710 WOR’s Curtis Sliwa and Larry Mendte in the Morning program to talk about whether there is light at the end of the tunnel in Iran.
Decker agreed with Curtis on his assessment that the war could be winding down for American interests, which recent activity in the stock market seems to support: “I think that’s right. The President has said that. He did an interview yesterday with Fox and indicated that the war may be winding down, He seemed to indicate that the war objectives that he set out at the beginning of this conflict nearly seven weeks ago have been met, so that’s the reason why you saw the S&P 500 hit a new high yesterday. The financial markets certainly, they take their cues from what the President puts out there on social media, what he says in those television interviews, and also from what they hear from the people who speak on behalf of the President.”
Decker added that the two sides are still talking, but the U..S is hedging its bets in case the talks fall apart: “What Karoline Leavitt said yesterday is that there are talks to have talks, and if those second round of talks take place, they would take place the same place that they took place last weekend; that’s Islamabad, Pakistan… (Meanwhile) 10,000 more troops are being sent to the region. That’s to augment the 50,000 troops that are already there, and the U.S. is preparing for continuing hat operation against Iran if that ceasefire is not extended.”
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