"The Pentagon identified Army Sergeant Benjamin N. Pennington as the seventh US service member to die in President Trump's war on Iran. Oil prices, which had approached $120 a barrel yesterday, fell after Trump said the war was 'very complete, pretty much.' Trump later complicated the picture he had created, calling the war a 'little excursion' drawing to a close but also agreeing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said US actions so far were 'only just the beginning.'"
"Some of Trump's advisers 'have encouraged him to articulate a plan to extract the U.S. from the war and make the case that the military had largely achieved its objectives,' worried that support for the war among the public, which is already low, would fall further as conflict drives up gas prices."
"The war has 'triggered the largest oil supply disruption in history.' Stock and oil markets had a wild day as Trump sent conflicting signals about his war plans. Republicans are freaked out by the resulting rise in gas prices this week."
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