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@FirstSquawk so the bar has changed form nukes to ballistics? tough to please

ISRAELI PM NETANYAHU TO CBS: IRAN STILL BACKS REGIONAL PROXIES & DEVELOPING BALLISTIC MISSILES; WAR NOT OVER DESPITE "MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS"

@Alex_Oloyede2 what a shame. Finland voted happiest country 9 years in a row. It took 2 years, but joining NATO fixed that

🇫🇮🇨🇳🇷🇺 China has to leave Russia, or Finland will veto any EU-China free trade agreements. – Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen gives Beijing an ultimatum. Meanwhile, Finland today has fallen to the worst performing EU state, due to self imposed sanctions on Russia. - Shortages of oil and gas - Decline in Tourism (Russians making up the most) - Cities on the border with Russia shrinking away without spending visitors - Highest unemployment in the EU But yeah, let's now pick a fight with China.

@IuliiaMendel since 2020? I call bullshit. just a reminder, Z signed a decree saying no talks. has that changed? reuters.com/world/europe/z…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has publicly articulated his desire to meet Vladimir Putin since 2020 when Putin stopped talking to him. Just a reminder.

@Alex_Oloyede2 well, at least, 'trying to be honest', with 'no regime change' has taken place

Righttt...

@SahilBloom don't quit

What’s something people think is good advice that’s actually bad advice?

@joekent16jan19 ya, how smart does Turkey look now buying the S-300

Unfortunately leaving NATO won’t be to avoid foreign entanglements, we’ll be leaving NATO so we can side with Israel when Turkey & Israel eventually clash in Syria. This is after we helped topple the secular Syrian gov & installed a former AQ/ISIS leader as president. Time to stop playing arsonist & fireman in the Middle East, it’s just not worth it.

@MarioNawfal 'out of habit'

Something doesn’t add up… Before the war started, everyone I spoke to agreed the U.S. Navy (which is more capable than the rest of the world combined) CANNOT open the Strait of Hormuz militarily And everyone also confirmed what Iran warned: They will and can close the Strait of Hormuz if attacked Both pro-U.S. and pro-Iran analysts and military veterans agreed on both points So why the hell did Trump, who SHOULD have access to the world’s most capable intelligence and most experienced advisors, decide to enter this war? What am I missing??

@MikeV_is_free Congrats Mike

Today is my Alive Day. 21 years ago in Baqubah Iraq, I co-led the greatest group of men one could ask for. We turned a coordinated enemy ambush on its head. IEDs, RPG, and PKM but they didn't know we were tankers on those gun trucks that midnight. Instinct to charge through.

@Glenn_Diesen pause on, 'energy infrastructure'. everything else then is on the table within 10 days

The U.S. extends the pause for attacks on energy infrastructure: Is the U.S. seeking to de-escalate or engage in deception ahead of escalation?

@DD_Geopolitics reads like the agreement trump ripped up his first term

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 USA BEGGING FOR A CEASEFIRE? Israel's Channel 12 has published the U.S. 15-point plan to end the war with Iran. 1. Removal of all sanctions on Iran. 2. US assistance in advancing and developing a civilian nuclear project (electricity generation). 3. Removal of the threat of sanctions being reimposed. 4. Iran’s nuclear programme is frozen under a defined framework. 5. Enriched uranium to remain, but under supervision and agreed limits. 6. Missile programme to be addressed at a later stage, with limits on quantity and range. 7. Use of nuclear programmes restricted to civilian/defensive purposes only. 8. Development of existing nuclear capabilities halted. 9. No further expansion of enrichment capabilities. 10. No production of weapons-grade nuclear material on Iranian soil. 11. All enriched material to be handed over to the IAEA within an agreed timeline. 12. Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow to be taken out of use (destroyed). 13. International monitoring and verification mechanisms enforced. 14. Gradual implementation tied to compliance. 15.Additional regional and security understandings between the parties. The proposed mechanism: a one-month ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, during which negotiations would take place. A peace summit in Islamabad is being discussed for as early as Thursday. Iran has not agreed to attend.

@Glenn_Diesen does stuxnet come to mind?

Huge explosion at Valero refinery at Port Arthur in Texas, one the largest refineries in the US. Still unclear if it was an accident or part of the war.

@spectatorindex I call bullshit

BREAKING: Trump threat to Iran

@FirstSquawk well, when the straight of Hormuz is still closed to U.S. shipping....then what?

DONALD TRUMP STATES THAT THE UNITED STATES IS NEARLY ACHIEVING ITS GOALS AND IS THINKING ABOUT REDUCING ITS LARGE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

@mb_ghalibaf I believe you as the Red Sea has not returned to normal yet

The Strait of Hormuz situation won't return to its pre-war status.

@GreyHairOpsGuy well why would they? Trump keeps saying prices are going to come WAAY DOWN

@OilandEnergy it DID push prices lower. as soon as the rumor/whispers where out, oil went from 115 to 85! then the next day the news came out. if the releasing was not happening, oil might be at $120 NOW! so please quit saying that, 'it failed...

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is exposing a harsh reality: the global “oil glut” never really existed. Even a 400M-barrel SPR release failed to push prices lower, signaling a structurally tight market with limited spare capacity. #OilMarkets #EnergySecurity #OPEC oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-O…

@FirstSquawk 'what U.S. officials?' please give names or your report is useless. then when you give names, I can X it more

U.S. OFFICIALS REPORT THAT IRAN IS LAYING MINES IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES. THIS CONTRADICTS EARLIER REMARKS BY TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT WHO STATED IRAN HAD NOT MINED THE STRAIT.

@DlugajJuly @provemewrong411 well, this 'regional power' leader was called by Trump for either help or advice on the Iran war. If not that, why the call?

Under Putin, Russia has been reduced to a regional power at best. Unable to defeat a neighbouring country after years of trying, its entire near abroad systematically subvertef by a power operating from an ocean away, its allies eliminated one by one, its deterrent rendered meaningless, its citizens blown to pieces daily — and through all of it, the government sits across the table from the perpetrator and calls him a mediator. Laughable is generous.

A superpower with 6,000 nuclear warheads can’t bring a failed, bankrupt, irrelevant state to its knees… It’s honestly embarrassing… Start acting like the power you actually are. Diplomacy is useless against idiots. Learn a thing or two from Trump

@ColemanMoreing @Roy_Cam @Francis76243108 ohhh....that's good news! so no problem!

@Roy_Cam @Francis76243108 Straight of Hormuz now . They are shutting off their navigation transponders till they get through it . So that way Iran can't track them via satellite.

How a nation like the US, whose oil production supposedly satisfies our domestic needs,is affected by an oil bottleneck at the Strait of Hormuz,& in one day our gasoline prices increased 50 cents/gallon !? If we're at war,are US oil companies selling our oil in the world market?

@nuclearchip @HeroDividend if Houthits can shut down the red sea, (and still only 50%, after trump bombing for 47 days last year) the Hormuz straight should be no problem. smaller straight and Iran has bigger missiles

@HeroDividend Iran can’t shutdown the straight of Hormuz

Can someone explain to me why oil prices are crashing?