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Oil Prices Drop After President Trump Reveals He's Canceled Iran Attack

Middle Eastern allies asked him to give negotiations a chance.

Kelly Jane Torrance
May 18, 2026
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American aircraft sit on the USS Abraham Lincoln’s flight deck the day before Operation Epic Fury begins. Photo: US War Department

Oil prices fell Monday after President Trump declared he’d called off…

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