Iran War?

[HisMajestyBOB]

Oh, he probably had a call with Pahlavi.

[HVC]

Oh, he probably had a call with Pahlavi.

Just as likely that Trump was having a tantrum and his handlers sent in the janitor dressed in a suit to talk to him and told Trump he was an Iranian diplomat.

[The Minsky Moment]

Where is the cost imposed? You may be surprised to find out America doesn't actually care that Qatar had a natural gas facility struck that will take them years to fix, and that's the biggest damage to the Gulf's infrastructure. The U.S. is a natural gas titan and major exporter, if anything U.S. gas companies probably aren't unhappy that facility is now offline.

American gas companies and America are not the same thing.

Americans should care about that facility because if offline for years that will impact prices worldwide.
Americans should also care because: (1) key fertilizer production facilities have also been hit, with likely negative consequences for global food production and prices; (2) helium facilities were also hit, which will likely have a prince impact on semiconductor productions and systems costs, already spiraling upwards.

[HVC]

Should and do are two different things. Fox News will tell Americans what to feel and half of them will agree to feel that way. Come elections Fox will tell them it's the lefts fault and they'll believe it.

[The Minsky Moment]

Here's a sampling of the "substance" of what Trump is claiming:

He had a tantrum and made threats on truth social he couldn't back up, because it would further escalate a situation that is already out of control and possibly because some of the competent generals left would resign rather than carry out war crimes just to satisfy the mental toddler in the White House.

He could either pull an Obama (syria) and just act like he never said anything or pull a Trump and completely make up a ludicrous bullshit story about diplomatic talks to save face.  So he stayed on his brand.  It's pointless trying to analyze the substance behind it; there isn't any.  You are more likely to find Bigfoot then Trump's made up Iranian interlocutor.

[The Minsky Moment]

By the way if there was a functioning SEC and CFTC I'd be looking carefully at the overnight futures trades being made in the hour before the "Truth" dropped . . .

The Trump administration may be a huge let down to working people but it is truly a golden age for securities fraud.

[Grey Fox]

It must be pump monday. Oh, it is.

[Zanza]

Witkoff and Kushner are talking to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament. I somehow doubt that he has control over the Republican Guard. We will see.

[crazy canuck]

Why do people think it suddenly matters that Trump is just making shit up.  Like the embrace of AI, making shit up doesn't matter. 

[The Minsky Moment]

Witkoff and Kushner are talking to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament. I somehow doubt that he has control over the Republican Guard. We will see.

An unnamed Israeli source said that, and Ghalibaf immediately denied it.

One needs to keep an ample supply of salt grains on hand for this war.

[Valmy]

Yeah it is like both sides have the Iraqi Information guy now.

[Legbiter]

Trump on truth social :

"I AM PLEASE TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WITCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD, SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONGOING MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP"

Was alerted by my shares portfolio suddenly spiking upwards.

Translation: I badly want to end the war in 5 days or sooner, pls respond.