Donald Trump says "We’ve got their money" as U.S. has financial and maritime leverage over Iran

On Thursday, President Donald Trump posted that he would not pursue an agreement with Iran to halt the war, saying he had instead directed his vice president to focus on investigations of Democratic-run cities and states. He also asserted that the United States already had sufficient financial and maritime leverage. The remarks came as U.S. stocks were already sliding after Nvidia’s CEO resigned; Trump’s Iran post briefly pushed Brent crude from about $92 to more than $94 a barrel before it eased to $93.34, and the 10-year Treasury yield climbed. The episode matters because it linked the president’s Iran stance and domestic political priorities to energy and Treasury-market jitters in a market already shaken by turmoil in AI-related stocks.