Trump’s Oil Market Messaging Runs Into Geopolitical Reality

TL;DR

Reports differ across sources; according to theguardian.com, there have been so many abortive rounds of diplomacy between the US and Iran – the latest appearing to be led by Pakistan after Washington has burned through many other regional mediators – that it was hardly a surprise that President Trump’s claims of “very good” talks with Tehran initially provoked disbelief – especially after Iran denied that any negotiations were taking place at all.