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JUST IN: NATO Chief Mark Rutte supports US-Israeli strikes on Iran "What the US is doing at the moment is degrading that capability of Iran, and I think that's very important."

Will he allows it to be paid in Yuan?

BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Bessent announced that US may ‘unsanction’ Iranian oil to ease pressure from US-Israeli war roiling energy markets

🔥 European gas prices in 2026 Jan 1: €28.16 / MWh Feb 1: €39.28 / MWh Mar 1: €31.96 / MWh Now: €54.66 / MWh

J.D. Vance's MAGA political career is over. Before I explain why, let me share a story from Chinese history. During the Three Kingdoms period, Yuan Shao was a powerful warlord in northern China. He had a strategic advisor named Tian Feng, who desperately urged Yuan Shao not to go to war with Cao Cao. Yuan Shao ignored his advice and instead threw Tian Feng in prison. As predicted, Yuan Shao was decisively defeated by Cao Cao. A jailer came to congratulate Tian Feng, saying, "Sir, you were right! The lord will surely release you later." Tian Feng replied, "No, this is the end for me. Our lord is extremely stubborn. If he had defeated Cao Cao, I might have had a chance. But now that he has lost, he will definitely have me killed—because looking at me again would only be a fresh humiliation to his pride." Tian Feng indeed was killed later. Today, Trump is Yuan Shao, and J.D. Vance is Tian Feng. Trump's failure in Iran has proven that Vance was right to oppose this war. Yet it is precisely this correctness that Trump can never accept—because acknowledging it would be an unbearable insult to his absolute sense of infallibility.

Things are just unbelievably surreal right now. Israel attacks an Iranian gas platform saying they have US permission. Trump freaks out saying that there will be no more such attacks by Israel. While simultaneously Reuters reports that Trump is considering sending (more) good old American boys to seize Kharg island and the Iranian coastline along the Strait of Hormuz - something that may cost many American lives. Arab and British participants in the negotiations with Iran think Iran was ready to hand over its nuclear fuel and consider that Witkoff and Kushner were serving Israeli interests rather more than US interests. Trump starts a war with Iran under influence from Netanyahu. It becomes plainer by the moment that Israel is trying to lock Trump and the US into a total all-out war against Iran. All while it also becomes clearer that Trump was far more involved with Epstein and his 'fascination with young ladies' than most of us ever knew and was quite possibly a participant in the 'parlour games' (see video) of a suspected Mossad asset who allegedly habitually secretly filmed the 'parlour games' in question. In the meantime the rest of the world and billions of ordinary lives go to hell in a hand basket. It reads like a very entertaining - or disturbing - holiday novel.

At a gas station in Japan. It says: “Sorry… Out of Gasoline Because of Trump.” Not photoshopped.

⛽️ Countries Most Dependent on Oil via the Strait of Hormuz 🇯🇵 Japan — 73% 🇰🇷 South Korea — 70% 🇮🇳 India — 42% 🇨🇳 China — 40–45% 🇵🇰 Pakistan — 60% 🇹🇼 Taiwan — 60% 🇹🇭 Thailand — 30–35% 🇸🇬 Singapore — 30% 🇲🇾 Malaysia — 25–30% 🇵🇭 Philippines — 25% 🇮🇩 Indonesia — 20–25% 🇻🇳 Vietnam — 20% 🇮🇹 Italy — 15% 🇪🇸 Spain — 12–15% 🇺🇸 United States — 2–5%

This is the direct consequence of striking South Pars that was predictable from the moment the decision was made. Iran warned explicitly during the fuel depot strikes in early March that attacking its energy infrastructure would trigger retaliatory strikes on regional energy assets. The Iranian parliament speaker said it then. The IRGC spokesperson said it then. Iran’s foreign minister said it on every major Western network. The warning was on the record for ten days before Washington approved the South Pars strike this morning. Look at what is on that evacuation list carefully. Samref Refinery in Saudi Arabia is a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil with a refining capacity of 400,000 barrels per day. The Jubail Petrochemical Complex is one of the largest industrial zones on Earth. Mesaieed in Qatar is affiliated with Chevron and sits adjacent to Ras Laffan, which is the LNG terminal the IEA has already called the most consequential single energy facility in the current crisis. The Al-Hasan Gas Field in the UAE feeds directly into Abu Dhabi’s domestic energy supply. This is not Iran targeting military installations. This is Iran targeting the economic model of three countries simultaneously and sending a message that is unmistakably clear: strike our energy, we strike yours, and we will keep doing it until the math becomes unbearable for the global economy. The evacuation notice format is also significant. Iran used the same format Israel has used throughout this war when warning civilians ahead of strikes. They are consciously mirroring the approach, which means this is not improvised. It is doctrine, it was planned, and the targets were selected before the South Pars strike happened. Brent crude is about to have a very bad morning.

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