US President Trump says we had a very good day today with Iran and had an all-day negotiation today, also says they have plenty of time to reach an agreement with Iran

US President Trump says we had a very good day today with Iran and had an all-day negotiation today, also says they have plenty of time to reach an agreement with Iran.

Presidential characterisation of talks as productive, paired with an open-ended timetable, fits a familiar pattern in negotiation cycles of this kind: rhetorical de-escalation from the principal actor tends to bleed risk premium out of crude before any verifiable progress exists, and the premium rebuilds just as quickly when timelines slip. The mechanism here runs through oil first, with Brent and WTI carrying the direct geopolitical premium, and secondarily through the havens, gold, JPY and CHF, with the dollar's reaction split between its safe-haven bid and any easing of supply-driven inflation expectations at the front of the UST curve. The phrase about having plenty of time cuts both ways: it lowers the odds of imminent kinetic escalation, but episodes of this kind have tended to show that elastic deadlines correlate with prolonged inconclusive talks rather than speedy resolution. The tells worth noting are whether counterparties in Tehran confirm the same characterisation, since one-sided optimism has historically been a weak signal, and whether any working-level or intermediary follow-on is scheduled. Absent confirmation from the other side, comments of this sort have typically faded within a session or two in the energy complex. Positioning rather than substance is the usual driver of the initial move.