Trump vows to attack Iranian nuclear facility as Middle East war escalates

Goldman Sachs warns oil could jump to $120 per barrel if Strait of Hormuz remains ‘disrupted’

Source: Financial Times

DW NOTE

Trump is threatening to bomb Iran's nuclear programme while 2,000 ships sit stranded in the Gulf and global oil supply is down 10–14 million barrels per day. Goldman's $120 oil scenario assumes the Strait closes again — but it never fully reopened. WTI at $83 and Brent at $90 with supply disruptions already at historic levels means either the market doesn't believe the threat or it's pricing a global demand collapse so severe that losing another chunk of Iranian crude barely registers.

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