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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Iran War Day 147: Trump Says Seized Iranian Funds to Be Used for Hormuz Damages

State of the Union: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House on Tuesday. The post Iran War Day 147: Trump Says Seized Iranian Funds to Be Used for Hormuz Damages appeared first on The American Conservative .

American decisionmakers weighed new financial and military options to change the course of the war as the U.S. and Iran continued to trade strikes Friday. The New York Times reported Friday, citing four anonymous sources, that President Donald Trump met with cabinet officials to consider whether to escalate the Iran War.  Trump said Thursday that he would use confiscated Iranian funds to cover for any damages sustained to vessels attacked by the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz. “These damages may be very substantial but, nevertheless, this is the fair and equitable thing to do,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Iran’s Foreign Abbas Araghchi on Thursday evening condemned the move, writing on X that “seizing another nation’s assets…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Iran War Day 146: Oil Cracks $100 Per Barrel as U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes

State of the Union: Trump said the “Civil Nuclear Deal” for Saudi Arabia “is totally subject” to Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords. The post Iran War Day 146: Oil Cracks $100 Per Barrel as U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes appeared first on The American Conservative .

Brent crude oil prices surged past $100 per barrel for the first time since May after the 12th consecutive night of American strikes on Iran, which retaliated with strikes against Jordan and Kuwait. Brent crude rose 7.4 percent to $101.01 a barrel Thursday. AAA reported the national average price of regular gas at $4.09. The rise in prices also follows the declaration of a “maritime embargo” against Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthis, who Wednesday claimed missile and drone attacks against two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea. In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. “will hold Iran responsible” for future Houthi attacks on vessels since “the Houthis are a Surrogate and/or Proxy of Iran” adding that…Open