Trump Didn’t Calm Oil Markets — Now It May Be Too Late

(Bloomberg) — When Saudi Arabia kicked off its oil-price war and triggered the worst crude crash in a generation, U.S. President Donald Trump lauded the ensuing decline in pump prices, saying it would be “like a tax cut” for Americans.Weeks later, the crisis remains a low priority for the president, who has continually expressed his satisfaction with cheap gasoline and whose agenda has been consumed by the coronavirus pandemic itself, according to people familiar with the situation. While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday took the strongest action yet to calm the market — pressing Saudi Arabia to dial …read more

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