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Trump Closes White House Doors as Iran Crisis Sends Oil Prices Surging

September 2, 2026·22 min·5-min readconversationalnews
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Donald Trump holds a secretive emergency meeting with oil refinery executives amid soaring gas prices and economic strain, while escalating military strikes on Iran—targeting a wedding and causing civilian casualties—amid apocalyptic rhetoric from VP J.D. Vance and violent metaphors from

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Donald TrumpJ.D. VanceBen MeiselasAlejandro BetancourtRicardo HausmannMilo YiannopoulosBarack Rafeet

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