Trump Says He Won’t Consider Striking Iran Again After Midterms

The signal here is less about Iran than about timing: linking a decision on military action to an election calendar implies the political clock, not the security file, is driving the sequence. For markets, that distinction matters because geopolitical risk premia in energy and safe-haven assets tend to price off perceived intent, and an explicit deferral reads as a softening of near-term escalation odds. Whether the pause holds once the midterms pass is the open question, and any shift in language around the same question is the thing worth tracking.