Americans Hurt in Kuwait, Trump Sends Mixed Signals on War, More
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Monica Ricks. An Iranian ballistic missile strike has injured several Americans on an airbase in Kuwait. This happened as President Trump considers whether to extend a fragile ceasefire in the region that's been in place since April. Sources tell Bloomberg five people were hurt in that attack, including contractors and active duty personnel. A $30 million Reaper drone was also destroyed. Another was seriously damaged. Meantime, the White House is sending conflicting messages about the prospect of a deal, despite President Trump's two-hour meeting yesterday in the Situation Room. Former California Congresswoman Jane Harman talked to Bloomberg and says she'd like a happy resolution, but doesn't see it yet.
I also don't think we have any really good military options because if we now bomb the energy facilities of Iran, which would be the next logical target, they're going to attack the energy facilities of the entire region. And that will probably shut down even more oil and other resources from reaching the world and make the markets even more closed. So when you're in a hole, stop digging.
Trump has repeated demands that Iran give up its nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz without tolls, but hasn't said whether Iran has agreed. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson says U.S. sanctions on Iran are hurting its economy.
They are at the end of their tether now financially. I think 40 or 50 percent of the troops aren't getting paid. Police aren't reporting to the station. Inflation is probably over 200 percent. They're having to give out food vouchers. They have turned off the Internet.
Besson suggests the Trump administration could remove some of those sanctions depending on how this standoff shakes out. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. could also restart strikes in Iran while addressing a security summit in Singapore today. He went on to talk about U.S. partnerships in the Pacific and China's military expansion.
There is rightful alarm regarding China's historic military buildup and the expansion of its military activities in the region and beyond. We share a clear-eyed assessment of that security environment. And a mutual understanding that a Pacific dominated by any hegemon would unravel the regional balance of power and undermine the equilibrium we all seek to preserve.
Hegseth speaking there in Singapore. He also took swipes at NATO and longstanding partners in Europe, saying Western Europe might take note. It's been slow going, but roughly a quarter of oil tankers stranded in the Strait of Hormuz have made it out. Bloomberg's Charlie Pellett has details.
We're talking non-Iranian tankers that were trapped inside the Persian Gulf at the outbreak of the Iran war. According to shipping data compiled by Bloomberg, 29 of the 109 bigger vessels, those capable of hauling 700,000 barrels or more, have now crossed the choke point. The successful transits have provided badly needed supplies to a global market and freed up a portion of a fleet that can return to the Gulf to collect more oil cargos.
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