Trump Delays Iran Bombing, Gives Strait of Hormuz Two-Week Time-Out
KEY POINTS
- •President Donald Trump extended Iran deal negotiations by two weeks after threatening total war on April 6, 2026.
- •The announcement followed requests from Pakistani leaders Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir to pause military actions.
- •As news broke, investors pushed the Dow up and oil prices dropped significantly, easing fears of a prolonged energy crisis.
On April 6, 2026, President Donald Trump extended his fiendishly dramatic Iran deal deadline by two weeks—because who doesn’t love last-minute postponements? After threatening at 8 p.m. ET that 'a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again' unless Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, Trump flipped the script hours later, suspending bombing thanks to pleas from Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir. The Strait, which controls 20% of global oil, had starved the world’s fuel tanks and pumped US gas prices over $4 a gallon. Investors cheered, with the Dow jumping several hundred points and West Texas Intermediate oil plunging over 12%. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi classy-claimed safe passage was temporarily possible 'with due consideration of technical limitations,' because, naturally, something had to be complicated here. The Pentagon and White House, presumably napping during this saga, didn’t comment. We’re all still terrible drivers on the highway of life, but at least the world got a fender bender instead of a pile-up—for now.
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(1 of 3)Nothing says effective diplomacy like threatening total annihilation, then saying 'just kidding, two more weeks' while the global economy takes a rollercoaster ride. Also, $4 gas is now a goodwill gesture.
Trump’s negotiating tactic: extreme apocalypse scare at 8 p.m., peace at 11 p.m., world watching popcorn in hand.
Iran agrees to open a chokepoint that controls a fifth of the world’s oil supply because Pakistan begged nicely. Modern diplomacy, folks.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 4/7/2026 | Author: Katherine Li,Lloyd Lee,Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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