Oil rises 6% and Asian stocks fall after Trump says US will hit Iran hard and ‘finish the job’

Oil prices have risen more than 6% and Asian stocks are lower after U.S. President Donald Trump’s first national address since the Iran war began

Oil rose more than 6% and Asian stocks fell after U.S. President Donald Trump said in his first national address since the Iran war began that the U.S. will continue to hit Iran very hard.

Trump also said in his Wednesday night speech that the United States will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion” and military operations could wrap up soon.

“We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong,” Trump said in his address.