Smok'n Vader

@JohnEDeaton1 @realDonaldTrump Lots of assumptions there. And if you're talking about it, everyone else knows it. Trump has not once shown an inability to properly plan anything. Maybe give him some space and let the planners do what they do and stop grandstanding. Not a good look.

I just read that, in addition to the 5K troops (2500 Marines - 2500 Sailors) already deployed, President Trump @realDonaldTrump has deployed an additional 4500 troops to the region. And for the last couple days, we’ve witnessed - quite possibly - the dumbest and most morally bankrupt senator in the U.S. Senate (and that’s saying a lot) - publicly make a case for President Trump to “take and control Kharg Island.” As the Presumptive Republican Nominee for U.S. Senate in MA, let me be very clear where I stand: If President Trump intends to seize Kharg Island, two things must be met: 1) a force strength SIGNIFICANTLY beyond the current numbers and 2) explicit Congressional authorization. Before ordering troops on the ground, the case must be made to both Congress and the American people. While the physical seizure of an 8 square-mile, relatively flat island, by 2,500 Marines, is a manageable tactical objective (it might even prove easy as Iran might not resist the initial seizure) - holding it is a strategic nightmare. At only 15 miles from the Iranian mainland, once the island is seized and the 🇺🇸 is raised, our Marines will be sitting in a fishbowl. In other words, a high-density kill zone. At that distance, Iran’s Artillery can easily reach the island with devastating precision - not to mention, their Ballistic and Cruise Missiles that can be launched from mobile inland batteries. If that wasn’t enough to contend with, our Marines would also face a relentless, 360-degree bombardment of Swarm Drone Attacks designed to saturate and overwhelm our defenses. On top of all that, our brave Marines would face Suicide Surface Boats driven by kamikaze religious zealots who know the waters like the back of their hands - providing them with home-field advantage. Seizing Kharg Island is clearly an ACT OF WAR. But sustaining that position is an invitation to a WAR OF ATTRITION. Without a total suppression of Iran’s coastal strike capabilities, we’re not just taking an island - we’re placing thousands of American lives in a permanent crosshair. If the mission is to choke off Iran’s oil exports, there are more surgical ways to do it. If the mission is to occupy, we must be prepared for the cost in blood that follows. As a Marine, watching @LindseyGrahamSC salivate as he invokes Iwo Jima angers me in a way that I can’t describe. His call to seize Kharg Island isn't a strategic masterstroke - it’s the wet dream of a Beltway Chickenhawk. He is a grotesque warmonger who views American service members as disposable chess pieces in a global game of forever war. Graham is a casualty-blind zealot who is always the first to beat the drums of war from the safety of a Senate office, while having zero skin in the game for the carnage that follows. We cannot allow the failed neocon guard to turn a tactical maneuver into a war of attrition that costs us thousands of lives, trillions of dollars and a global energy and humanitarian catastrophe.

@MarindaVannoy1 Bottoms always feel that way.

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like the world is ending?

@KobeissiLetter Everrr...y...one...is...wrong...about...everrr...yyyy...thing...!

Something very strange is happening in precious metals right now: In just 3 hours, gold and silver just erased a combined -$2 TRILLION in market cap. Meanwhile, oil prices have erased their gains on the day and US stock market futures are nearly green. Since the Iran War began, such a reversal in oil and equities has almost always sent gold prices higher. So, what just happened? The sporadic moves in price could signal that a potential large player in the space is being liquidated. But more importantly, the persistent move higher in the 10Y Note Yield, which is now at 4.40% and up +45 bps in 3 weeks, is beginning to weigh on various asset classes. Combine this with headline fatigue and "pockets" of illiquidity in the market, and the massive gaps to both directions are only growing. Something big is happening metals markets right now.

@JeffSnider_EDU Honestly, the world-and especially this country-really needs deflation. It sucks to go through but 'they' ran everything up too much too fast. Thanks all to the Fed.

Gold didn't just sell off last week. It got liquidated. Worst week on record, worse than the March 2020 crash. And gold wasn't alone. Silver dropped 12% in a SINGLE session. Copper hit multi-month lows. Aluminum posted its worst day since 2018. But here's what nobody's talking about: Every single time, the heaviest-selling hit during early morning Asian trading windows. That's not investors trimming positions. That's not "central banks might hike rates." That's forced liquidation. Somebody needed cash, fast, and they were dumping everything that wasn't nailed down to get it. The mainstream will tell you metals dropped because of rate hike fears. That explanation is lazy and wrong. Gold ran higher for two years straight while rates moved around. Safe haven demand doesn't just vanish because the ECB panics over oil prices. So what IS driving this? A dollar squeeze. A big one. And it connects directly to what's been unfolding in private credit, the very thing we've been warning about. This Thursday, March 26 at 6:00 PM Eastern, we're breaking it all down in a live webinar: → Why these liquidations signal deflation, not inflation → The private credit bust, what stage we're in and what comes next → How the oil shock is becoming a dollar shock → The systemic indicators most people are completely missing This is moving fast. What happened last week in commodities is a symptom of something much bigger. you can sign up here eurodollar-university.com/home-page-web

@LauraLoomer Turns out everyone is a grifter.

I’ve come to really dislike most of the GOP.

@zoomyzoomm Because everyone is wrong

Can someone tell me why oil just NUKED???

@tedcruz I've always liked Tucker but I'm also so sick of all these now podcasters so sure they have it all figured out. If so then put up and run for office and save the damn world if you know it all.

No.

@TheBTCTherapist @PeterSchiff He's gone full bitcoiner from 4 months ago trying to explain the cause. You just can't make it up. Mr Pet Rock now yelling at Mr Market how Mr Market doesn't understand market mechanics. Fun times.

Someone check on my man @PeterSchiff

@zerohedge Be honest. Is May CL acting like there's a crisis? C'mon. ES only down 26? This is the worst 'crisis' I've ever seen in my 20+ years trading. And that alone is the 'tell'.

Getting close GOLDMAN SACHS RAISES 2026 BRENT FORECAST ON HORMUZ DISRUPTION

@BuBarrelBull Wrong question. Right one? "Why" are 'they' selling gold? And in size. Hmmm?

It couldn’t be more obvious we’re heading for an inflationary recession, and you’re selling gold?

@AirAssets That from the Air3?

16:00 hrs 22 March 2026 Hampton Va the USS Tortuga (LSD-46) a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship returning from sea trials with 2 tug escort of Surrie and Karen Moran. She did a 10 year stint / maintenance period in the shipyard. Wonder why She needed escort? #lsd46 #usstortuga

Let's have this talk by about Thurs or so. The selling most likely is due to risk management into last Friday's Q1 op-ex. (long small caps/bonds/gold/short tech). No one saw long oil a month ago. That changed the risk equation- short term. High gas=demand destruction=recession=rate cuts=collapse in inflation. We'll see. If May oil futures can break through about $92ish ($99 now) that 'should' send everything flying as the original trade gets re-positioned. The only way 'out' is not to back out, but to obliterate any risk to flow in Hormuz. But the chess game here is China. Venezuela then Iran? In that order? A much bigger chess game being played that will change world politics and security for ages. And, it took someone unique like Trump to actually do it. People bitching have no idea what the world is about to look like on the other side of all this. Reagan had an average approval rating around 50% his entire term. This was the guy who nearly got 100% of the states in both elections. It took a few years after he was out for history to accurately write his achievements. Trump's problem has always and only been the way he runs his mouth. But his tangible achievements will be recorded for generations. And the world will be much better and safer for it.

🌮 Trump will have to TACO The 10Y Note Yield is now up ~45 basis points since the war began on February 28th. With the 10Y Note Yield now up to 4.40%, the US economy cannot handle a 5% 10Y Note Yield. He has no choice but to crash oil and bond yields by announcing a deal.

@Chris_Mench IA polls is a fake push poll racket. They are not 'real'.

Do LA people just not care about municipal governance at all? The idea that Karen Bass could be re-elected is baffling to me she’s so bad at her job I almost feel like she’s a republican sleeper agent to make democrats look terrible lol.

@AnnCoulter That only happens when we no longer need oil. It's inevitable one day. But until we perfect cold fusion or some other fantasy energy source, oil it is - and our thumb on the Middle East. Is what it is.

GREAT IDEA.

@PeterSchiff Tell that to those dumping 10 year

Rising oil prices won't cause higher inflation. More expensive oil means Americans will have less money to spend on other things. Reduced spending will cause a recession, which will result in larger budget deficits, rate cuts, and QE. That's what will cause higher inflation.

@GuyAdami Incredible how people will destroy their reps to pursue political agendas

Married to his wife of 60 years Princeton graduate , NYU Masters, UVA Law, US Marine Captain, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Navy Commendation Medal, South Vietnam Gallantry Cross, … a Patriot

@PeterSchiff Well, with gold crashing as you've been pumping it the last year I can only imagine what your approval is🤪

Trump's approval rating just sank to 34%, the lowest of his second term, matching the low from his first term. Biden's lowest approval rating was 36%. As the war rages, inflation and interest rates rise, and a recession ensues, I expect Trump's approval rating to hit a new low.

@McClellanOsc Tom, I've been following you for about 20 years now in various formats and I think it's safe to say you're the only one that thinks that way.

Wrong. A correction is any movement against the trend, regardless of magnitude, which does not start a new trend. The Russell 2000 (et al) "entered" a correction on the first downtick after its last new high.

@realannapaulina You forgot- Pam Bondi @PamBondi get off her ass and start taking down the fraudsters.

How to fix the country: 💡Voter ID 💡Ban Insider Trading 💡Campaign Finance Reform.

@JackPosobiec And all of it means nothing if he's a leaker

Joe Kent has Six Bronze Star Medals with five Oak Leaf Clusters across 11 combat deployments as a Green Beret in some of the biggest battles of the GWOT