President Trump is set to hold a meeting with his National Security Team Monday afternoon following this weekend's airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. On his Truth Social platform Sunday, Trump said the damage to the nuclear sites was "monumental". The President also appeared to support the possibility of regime change in Iran. Trump said, "If the current Iranian Regime is unable to Make Iran Great Again, why wouldn't there be a regime change?"
The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. is defending Saturday's strikes on Iran. At the Security Council meeting yesterday, Dorothy Camille Shea said, "For 40 years, the Iranian government has called for death to America and death to Israel and posed a constant menace to the peace and security of its neighbors, the United States, and the entire world." Shea also warned Iran against retaliation.
The Strait of Hormuz could be shut down by Iran. The Iranian parliament approved a proposal to close the crucial global oil choke point after the u.s. strikes on three nuclear sites. while the final decision is up to iran's supreme national security council, analysts say closing the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman could disrupt the flow of oil from the gulf.
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Oil prices are jumping following the U.S. air strikes on Iran. U.S. crude oil went up more than two-percent Sunday evening to 75-dollars-and-60-cents per barrel. This comes as there is uncertainty regarding the oil supply outlook in the Middle East.
The State Department has issued a "worldwide caution" security alert. The State Department said the conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East. In its alert the State Department advised U.S. citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution.