# Why U.S. WTI Oil Prices Settled Higher Than Brent After Trump’s Iran Speech

> US oil prices settled above Brent for the first time in nearly four years after Trump's address failed to say when the Iran war would end or when the Strait of Hormuz might reopen. The move reflected traders positioning for a longer US involvement in the conflict.

- Date: 2026-05-01 · published 2026-05-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12728-why-u-s-wti-oil-prices-settled-higher-than-brent-after-trump-s-iran-speech
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md)

## Why it matters

The inversion of the usual WTI-Brent relationship shows the market is pricing a prolonged US-linked supply risk, which keeps US energy costs elevated and affects import and export economics.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bullish ▲
- BRENT: neutral

## Sources

- barrons.com: https://www.barrons.com/articles/oil-prices-150-brent-crude-wti-trump-iran-war-3c6700ec

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