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Traders place $430 million bet on lower oil price before Trump ceasefire extension Large, well-timed directional bets were made shortly before major announcements.

"It is the third ‌time this month, and the fourth in total, that large, well-timed directional bets on the oil price have been made shortly before major Trump announcements on the Iran war," Reuters reports.

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Trump Is Creating a Whole New Class of War Profiteers New evidence shows that there are certain pecuniary interests at play in our recent excursion into the Middle East.

"In other words, someone’s making a buck over there, and it’s not you, rube," writes Charles P. Pierce.

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