Signaling an ease in tensions, at least for now, following the u. S. Strike last week that killed irans top military commander, Qassem Soleimani. Retired fourstar general jack keane is a fox news senior strategic analyst. Good to see you again, general. Good to see you, paul. Paul you have said that the events of the last week add up to a strategic victory for the u. S. How so . Yeah, very significantly. I think its a big win for the president because by killing soleimani, i mean, he clearly got in khameneis head here, whos the stream leader of Supreme Leader of iran. Theyve never had an action against them of that magnitude and that significance that so impacts how they are cutting their foreign conducting their Foreign Policy and their foreign wars and also how they do with their own people. Soleimani was very much in charge of putting down the protest movements inside of iran. So what the president accomplished and many of his detractors had no appreciation for what was really takin
And taiwan. You have elections coming up. Keep your eye on that. We are either flat or slightly higher. Safe havens, looking at dollaryen above the below the 200 day moving average. You are looking at oil pushing towards session highs, new york 1. 6 to the upside. In case you missed it, breaking news out of iraq, the top iranian commander was killed in a u. S. Airstrike with reports in the last 30 minutes or so. Thena lets get more on markets. David was just mentioning this news about the commander being killed in baghdad. What does it mean . What are you watching her . I think it means we will have geopolitical tensions coming back in the new year. The s p 500 in reversing earlier gains, and the yen is being beat up. But i dont think this is going to last. I think after the dust has settled and the markets continue to focus on the fundamental improvement, this liquidity part can still continue after china with liquiditya banks. An era for the emerging markets. Same macro theme. It wil
Cycle during that period. We havent spoken a great deal about impeachment. I am curious as to the decision to take questions. This was originally scheduled as an address to the nation. Now it is turning into a press conference. Why . Kevin that is how the president prefers that. You saw a preview of it at the state Department Yesterday with secretary pompeo. The president and Administration Officials and private conversations, and what i would predict to be increasingly public conversations over the next day or so, are going to push back on the notion that the strike against soleimani was not the right course of action. This is someone that even democrats have noted is someone who is a bad actor. The democrats are saying they disagree with how the administration conducted it. The president has suggested that new evidence is going to be released that will illustrate why he ultimately made that decision, and we could get a foreshadowing of that in just a few minutes as we await the presi
Course as tensions in the middle east are very high also new chapter for u. S. Cosmetics giant avon its not part of the brazilian personal care group nutura the groups new ceo will join us later this hour. Stocks are extending a selloff, oil and gold prices continue to climb. This is iran and the white house, trade threats following of course the u. S. Air strike that killed irans top commander. Jim, happy new year. Happy new year. Nice to see you, my friend. Good to see you, buddy, way too long i missed you. I know you feel the same but i havent heard you opine on this market and what risk there is in the geopolitics, in the backandforth, our viewers im sure are familiar with the president s tweets over the last lets call it 24 to 48 hours, sort of saying weve identified 52 sites that we would take action against if in fact you do something, and also notifying the congress, he said, as well, if iran should strike any u. S. Person or target wed quickly and fully strike back, perhaps in
Says so the money was planning an imminent attack and this killing was an act of selfdefense also on the program navy ships rescue thousands of stranded on beaches by australias bush fires before catastrophic weather conditions here. And. With old sport australia stalls play on with the victims of the bushfires in mind the most toxic air in the world well its pretty sad. So its just. An emotional mecurio softies a g. P. Cup when as he raises thousands of dollars to help. Us President Donald Trump says he ordered the drone strike that killed the rands top military commander to stop a war not to start one he says he was planning imminent attacks on american diplomats and military personnel speaking at his mara lago resort in florida trump said washington does not seek regime change in iran but its aggression in the region must be stopped. We took action last night to stop a war we did not take action to start a war i have deep respect for the iranian people they are a remarkable people w