Trump Has Brought The Oil Crisis 'Upon Himself' | Sir Peter Westmacott

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“The rest of the world, not least our friends in the Gulf, are paying the price.” Trump’s war in Iran was only meant to last “a few days”, but now the whole world are feeling its impacts as energy prices soar, says former UK ambassador to the US and France Sir Peter Westmacott. Sir Peter Westmacott and Hélène Conway-Mouret were speaking to Cathy Newman and David Walsh was speaking to Ed Vaizey. Listen live on Times Radio. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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