SummaryTrump proclaims US strikes on Iran are succeeding and will continue.US adds sanctions, Bessent says Tehran can't pay troops, as Iran faces growing pressure.Most Americans say the Iran war isn't worth fighting: AP poll.Iran claims drone strike on US base in Kuwait - after no new US strikes overnight.Oil rises as fears of wider conflict grow and lack of talks.US announces end of Iranian blockade by August 15, 2026?
Yes 20% · No 80%View full market & trade on Polymarket * * *Keep Hitting Them: TrumpTrump is holding a Cabinet meeting on Friday at Camp David. He claimed that the fight against Iran is "going well" and stated that American forces are "hitting them very hard" - adding that "eventually" Iran will have no choice but to "come home" - meaning full surrender."It’s going well. Everything we can do is keep winning," Trump also told Fox News. "But we are hitting them hard, shaking them up, and we’re just continuing to win." He suggested there will still be strikes ongoing in coming weeks, and that he's losing faith in the idea of talks with "dishonest" Iran "because they lie".Additionally, Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is claiming that Iran is unable to pay its troops - though without offering specific evidence to back this, and that the US continues searching for Iranian assets to seize "all around the world". This is after Thursday Washington rolled out yet more sanctions.Trump: "We'll be hitting them. We'll be hitting them very hard. At some point they're gonna say, 'We just can't take it anymore.'" pic.twitter.com/DT1Fcf57EN
