The two leaders hugged and kissed quite a bit during the French President’s visit to Washington, and the oil market took notice when President Trump voiced some “flexibility” regarding a “new deal” with Iran, which took everyone by surprise. French President Emmanuel Macron is pulling out all the stops to convince Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal, including veering from the official EU script by proposing some sort of “new deal.” Oil prices were rising steadily at the start of trading on Tuesday, but quickly went into reverse after the comments from Macron and Trump. At the start of a meeting, Trump called the Iran deal “terrible,” “insane,” and “ridiculous.” But after the pleas from Macron not to abandon the deal, Trump sounded more open to the possibility of a new agreement, although, characteristically, he offered a vague reality TV-style cliffhanger. “Nobody knows what I’m going to […]