"Next stop: 140." Iran's Ghalibaf mocks Trump over oil price
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- Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf ridicules Trump over oil price surge claims.
- Exchange highlights escalating rhetoric around Strait of Hormuz tensions and energy markets.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, mocked US President Donald Trump over rising oil prices and what he described as Washington’s “blockade theory.”
3 days in, no well exploded.We could extend to 30 and livestream the well here.
— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) April 29, 2026
That was the kind of junk advice the US admin gets from people like Bessent who also push the blockade theory and cranked oil up to $120+. Next stop:140. The issue isn't the theory, it's the mindset.
Blaming what he called “junk advice” given to the Trump administration by figures “like (Treasury Secretary Scott) Bessent,” Ghalibaf said on his X account that the US blockade on the Strait of Hormuz had contributed to oil prices rising toward $120 a barrel. (At one point Wednesday, Brent crude was trading at $116 a barrel).
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“Next stop: 140,” Ghalibaf said, adding that, “The issue (with the blockade) isn’t the theory, it’s the mindset.”
Ghalibaf also mocked Trump’s suggestion over the weekend that it wouldn’t be long before a build-up of excess oil caused permanent damage to Iran’s energy infrastructure.
“What happens is, that line explodes from within, both mechanically and in the earth,” Trump said Sunday on Fox News. “Something happens where it just explodes. They say they only have about three days left before that happens. And when it explodes, you can never rebuild it the way it was.”
Ghalibaf appeared to reference that interview, saying, “three days in, no well exploded. We could extend to 30 and livestream the well here (on X).”
