Trump's unclear exit time from the conflict with Iran exacerbates market and political anxiety.

President Donald Trump is finally attempting to persuade the American public to accept his war on Iran. With global shipping, oil prices, and the Republican party all facing increasing pressure, Trump's speech in prime time five weeks after the outbreak of the conflict instead highlighted his increasingly defensive stance. Democratic strategist and former President Obama's longtime advisor David Axelrod said that Trump was just repeating what he had been saying for the past few days.