Oil Prices Plunge After Trump Sends Rand Paul To Ease Tensions With Iran

• Oil Prices Plunge After Trump Sends Rand Paul To Ease Tensions With Iran
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  A huge development that could roll back fast escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran in the Persian Gulf: Politico reports that Sen. Rand Paul — the outspoken anti-interventionist Libertarian Republican from Kentucky — has been handpicked by President Trump as his emissary to mediate with Iran after the Kentucky senator proposed the idea.
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  Trump has now reportedly signed off on the plan, first pitched over the past weekend by Paul at a golf outing as a way to avoid escalating toward military conflict with Iran, according to multiple US officials. 
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  It’s as yet unclear just how far along the plan is, or if a potential meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has actually been agreed to, but Sen. Paul would seek to ease tensions while providing a White House exit away from the two bad options of direct conflict or continued “tanker wars” which could sink global oil markets. 
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