Oil skyrockets and stocks plummet as Trump gives bombshell speech on Iran

Donald Trump claims the Middle East is ‘free at last’ Oil prices surged more than 5% and Asian stock markets tumbled on Thursday after President Donald Trump vowed in a primetime address to pound Iran “extremely hard” for the next two to three weeks and “bring them back to the Stone Ages”. More than a month after the US and Israel launched their first attacks, it remains unclear when the war will end. Nevertheless,in his first national speech on the conflict, Mr Trump declared that US military objectives in Iran had largely been met but signalled a fresh wave of…