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Rocky's avatar

When President Trump issued a 48‑hour deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, oil futures and volume spiked higher. Shortly after this was walked back the deadline, oil futures dropped sharply. This is a classic "pump and dump" market manipulation. Somebody has made a lot of money.

Iran has made it clear, no negations will take place because of attacks during recent negations. And who is the White House talking to since they claim all of Iran's leadership has been murdered?

Realist's avatar

Great energy analysis.

But if one is curious about the stupidity of most Americans, they need look no further than the reaction to Trump's declaration that the United States was close to a deal with Iran. The stock market surged, and oil prices in the United States dropped.

RedBaron's avatar

I wonder how the much the Trump Family made on those statements? After all, when a sitting President has no shame to hawk his own watches, what exactly will they stop at to make even more money?

I also notice the GOP House does not care if the President lies or not. Clearly, Iran is not going to negotiate with someone who attacked Iran DURING the last negotiations. The fact they continue to allow him to effectively act like an Emperor is an embarassement.

Realist's avatar

Excellent points.

Alio McDavis's avatar

1964 I was a 7 yr old kid in Sunday School, we had cartoon-like little booklets about Armageddon, Anti-Christ savior that suffers a head wound, comes on as savior, screws the world and such.

In that end of the world cartoon it showed all the nations having it out till they're all near devastated, at which time "a million man army comes from the east to take the remains and they burned the winnings for seven years" and so the cartoon showed drawings of houses, tanks and stuff like that burning.

I thought that was ridiculous in at 7 years old and wondered, "What the hell are they gonna burn?" Then years later I recall the announcement that China had a million malitia on foot and started to get it about the giant flying scorpions that inflicted a 6 month wound, like Apache helicopters.... all of it.

It's uncanny.

RedBaron's avatar

Trump, why do you write your posts in all capital letters? Do you not understand how that looks? It makes it horrible to read. Why did you lie and claim Iran was willing to negotiate with you? My understanding is Iran called Russia and wants them to negotiate, because you have destroyed their trusts in US diplomacy. I hope the Mid-Term Election wipeout was worth your groveling to Netanyahu. The very sad part is that there are American servicemen dead because of your unconstitutional war.