US President Donald Trump sent conflicting signals on the prospect that talks with Iran would bring a halt to the nearly month-long war, further roiling global energy markets.

President Donald Trump said Thursday at his first Cabinet meeting since launching the Iran war that Tehran has been "decisively defeated" and is “begging” for a deal.

Oil prices fell slightly in after-hours trading Thursday after President Donald Trump said he was extending the pause on striking Iranian energy plants.

During a Cabinet meeting Thursday, President Donald Trump claimed that Iran was desperate to make a deal to end the war because "they have been just beat to sh(t" by the U.S. military.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will delay a threatened strike on Iran’s energy infrastructure and extend his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz until April 6, saying talks to end the war are “going very well.

President Donald Trump issued another delay for his strikes against Iranian power plants, citing progress in peace talks. Trump called off his promised strikes first on Monday, saying progress was being made toward a deal to end the war.

U.S. stock indexes slipped Tuesday and gave back some of their rallies from the day before, while oil prices got back to rising as uncertainty continues about how long the war with Iran will last. The S&P 500 fell 0.

The Trump administration offered a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran, a person briefed on the contours of the proposal said late Tuesday, even as the U.S. military prepared to send at least 1,000 more troops to supplement some 50,