Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump is downplaying retaliatory

airstrikes by Iran that took aim at a U.S. Air Force Base in Qatar. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports,

the missiles were intercepted. In a social media post, President Trump described it as a very weak

response, which was expected.

He said 14 missiles were fired, 13 were knocked down, and one went in a non-threatening direction,

and he thanked Iran for giving advance notice, which minimized the impact.

With no U.S. injuries and minimal damage, Trump suggested that perhaps, quote,

they've gotten it all out of their system and there will hopefully be no further hate. He said

it is time for Iran to proceed to peace and harmony in the region and said he would encourage

Israel to do the same. In a later all-caps post, Trump said, congratulations world,

it's time for peace, exclamation point. Tamara Keith and PR News. Meanwhile, even after Iran launched

those missiles, stocks gained and oil prices fell on Wall Street. And Pierre's Rafael NAM has more.

It was not the reaction most investors had expected.

Stocks gained instead of slumping even after the U.S. attacked nuclear facilities in Iran over the weekend.

That's because investors are still hoping tensions will ease.

Iran retaliated, but its attack against the U.S. base in Qatar produced

no casualties. Meanwhile, oil prices actually slumped. Traders have mainly determined that oil prices

have already gained enough since earlier this month when Israel started attacking Iran.

Of course, things could change in a heartbeat,

and investors will remain cautious overall, but for now, financial markets are taking things

in stride. Rafael NPR News. A significant heat wave is settling over the eastern third of the

U.S. this week with heat indices in the triple digits.

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