President Trump held his first news conference since the beginning of the U.S.-Israel-led Iran war on Monday as oil and gas prices soared, throwing the global economy into turmoil.

President Trump is holding a press conference Monday evening, after addressing the House Republican caucus in Miami. It follows a weekend of developments in the war against Iran. Oil prices surged overnight Monday,

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the war with Iran began because that country was starting work on a new site for developing material for nuclear weapons. Trump also told reporters at a news conference that Iran was “going to take over the Middle East” if he hadn't acted and that he was disappointed with the selection of Mojtaba

Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran unless a new nuclear deal is reached, only escalating tensions in a region already on edge. ‘If they do not make a deal, there will be bombing,’ the US president told NBC News on Sunday.