Oil prices nosedived and equities rallied on Tuesday following a wild day of swings as U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Israel war on Iran would be ending earlier than thought.
As the crisis in the crude-rich Middle East continued into a second week, with seemingly little sign of a conclusion on the horizon, the U.S. president said the campaign was far ahead of his initial timeline of around a month.
"I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they've got no air force," Trump told CBS News by phone.
"If you look, they have nothing left. There's nothing left in a military sense," he added.
Trump told the U.S.
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