Trump says US and Iran have held talks on ending war in Middle East as he postpones power plant strikes
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Reddit — r/wallstreetbets
· March 23, 2026 at 11:26
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The post shares breaking news that Donald Trump is postponing military strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days.
Trump claims this delay is due to "productive conversations" regarding a complete resolution of hostilities in the Middle East.
Quality assessment: Noise/News sharing. The author provides no original analysis, merely quoting a BBC live feed and a TruthSocial post.
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[Per the BBC:](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce35wke27ynt)
>Trump says talks held on 'complete and total resolution of hostilities' with Iran
>Donald Trump says there have been "productive conversations" about a "complete and total resolution" to the conflict in the Middle East.
>He says he will "postpone any and all strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure" for a five day period.
>In a post on TruthSocial all in capital letters, reproduced here in full and verbatim, he says: "I AM PLEASE TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
>"BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WITCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD, SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONGOING MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP"
Oil prices are dropping based on Trump's announcement of a 5-day pause in strikes. The physical supply shock remains unresolved because processing and storage facilities are already destroyed; the market is overreacting to political rhetoric. Buying the dip in oil is advantageous as the fundamental supply constraints have not changed. Iran actually agrees to a peace deal, leading to a permanent ceasefire and removal of geopolitical risk premiums.
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