Trump declares retaliation against Iran automatic in Truth Social post
Donald Trump opened the week on Truth Social with a promise that every American soldier killed by Iran will be repaid many times over, a directive he says has been passed to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Daniel Caine, and every leader in the military. The post lands after a weekend that saw three American service members killed in Iranian attacks on bases in Jordan and Iraq, a ninth straight night of US strikes, and Tehran suspending its commitments to last month's interim deal. The shift matters because retaliation is no longer a decision to be taken but standing policy pre-delegated down the chain of command, removing the deliberation window every previous de-escalation has crawled through.
Trump on Truth Social: "Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over! This directive has been passed on to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Caine, and every Leader in the Military. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Markets went into the weekend still leaning on pattern recognition, pricing a fourth patched-together truce because the first three always produced one, and that unearned calm is what this post punctures. With Tehran suspending the interim deal and retaliation now pre-authorised, there is no framework left to break, only a trigger waiting to be pulled. The US Dollar Index is trading the repricing live, bid from the European morning onward and pressing the 101.00 handle, roughly 0.4% off the overnight floor. With a reclosed Strait of Hormuz keeping Crude Oil and rate pricing pointed the wrong way for risk, the lean stays with the Dollar.
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