First Thing: Soaring oil profits from US-Iran conflict drive calls for windfall tax
Left-leaning outlets (Guardian, Al Jazeera, NBC) frame the story around market swings tied to Trump's shifting statements on Iran talks, but place heavy emphasis on oil company windfall profits, corporate specifics (Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, Aramco, BP earnings figures), and follow-on political pressure for a windfall tax, with critics quoted saying Trump's own policies enabled the price-gouging he criticizes. This spectrum devotes significant space to the human/economic cost angle, including a $78bn/$285 consumer cost estimate.
