Tuomo Hyttinen

Trump: American involvement in WW1 lasted one year, seven months and five days. WW2 lasted for three years, eight months and 25 days. The Korean war lasted for three years, one month, and two days. The Vietnam war lasted for 19 years, five months, and 29 days. Iraq went on for eight years, eight months, and 28 days. We are in this military operation for 32 days. And the country has been eviscerated and essentially is really no longer a threat.

President Trump issues a new deadline for Iran.

Franklin Graham at CPAC: "Be cautious of people with podcasts"

We've begun tracking polls on the Iran War. Currently, 39.5% of Americans support or approve of the war, and 52.1% disapprove or oppose it. Opposition has been inching up over time.

NBC reports that Trump's national security team shows him a daily air strike snuff film but does not brief him on major negative developments. Great way to make sure he looks dumb and makes bad decisions.

The six-candidate limit happened to cut out all of the non-white Dem candidates because they're polling behind the four Dem white candidates. Incredibly awkward

Kävelylenkillä tuli hyvä ajatus kuinka voi tiivistää, mistä geopoliittisten kriisien pohjat löytyvät: Osakemarkkina pohjaa yleensä silloin, kun käynnissä olevan kriisin eskalaatio saavuttaa huippunsa. Ajallisesti se on ollut keskimäärin kolme viikkoa kriisin alkamisesta.

Trump says he has instructed DOD to postpone strikes on power and energy plants for 5 days due to talks with Iran.

On the Strait of Hormuz we've gone from: 1. Don't need help 2. We need help 3. Why aren't folks helping? 4. Helps on the way 5. Not telling you who is helping 6. Helps not actually on the way but we don't need it anyway 7. We may just abandon it and leave it to everyone else

Not a huge impact from Iran yet, but a new net low in our Trump approval tracking today fwiw.