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The reckless campaign against Iran will weaken America’s president. That will make him angry. Be warned: he makes a very bad loser econ.st/4lA7lEQ

Don Tzu: You can’t lose if you don’t have a goal.

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Preparedness is vital to security. At today’s Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee meeting, we advanced plans to build regional disaster relief corridors and enhance our Central Joint Emergency Operation Center to boost readiness across #Taiwan.

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Let me introduce you the new-gen Xiaomi SU7! Our new Coastal Blue is inspired by Italy’s Blue Grotto. The warm Cream Beige interior completes the vibe—love it?

Is that truly what's on his mind?

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Who buys Qatar's LNG exports?

🚨🚨🚨 ISRAEL JUST MADE THE SINGLE MOST DANGEROUS MILITARY DECISION OF THE ENTIRE WAR. AND NOBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY JUST TRIGGERED. 🚨🚨🚨 Israel and the U.S. struck South Pars — the LARGEST gas field on the planet. But here's what they either didn't know or didn't care about: South Pars is jointly managed by Iran AND Qatar. They didn't just attack Iran. They attacked the energy backbone of their OWN Gulf allies. Let that sink in. 💀 The IRGC just declared ALL major energy facilities across the entire GCC as "direct and legitimate targets" — and warned strikes are coming in the "COMING HOURS." 💀 Listed targets: Qatar's LNG complex, Saudi Aramco facilities, UAE oil terminals — EVERYTHING. 💀 Saudi Aramco has already EVACUATED workers from the SAMREF refinery in Yanbu. They're not waiting. They KNOW what's coming. 💀 Iranian hackers have ALREADY hit Aramco's digital systems — posting images and issuing threats to PARALYZE their infrastructure. 💀 Multiple EXPLOSIONS just heard in Riyadh — confirmed by Reuters, AFP, and AP. Sirens sounding in the Saudi capital. Do you understand the scale of what's happening? ⚠️ Qatar's LNG complex is the LARGEST on Earth. It supplies 30% of the world's liquefied natural gas. If Iran hits it — Europe's heating supply DISAPPEARS overnight. Not in months. OVERNIGHT. ⚠️ Saudi Aramco is the most valuable company on the PLANET — worth $1,800,000,000,000. Its refineries process 12 MILLION barrels per day. One successful strike takes 10% of the world's oil OFFLINE. ⚠️ In 2019, a SINGLE drone attack on Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq facility knocked out 5.7 million barrels per day and sent oil up 15% in ONE session. Iran now has 10x the motivation and NOTHING left to lose. They're showing you "precision strikes on Iranian targets." They're NOT showing you that those strikes just gave Iran the JUSTIFICATION to destroy every oil facility from Qatar to Saudi Arabia to the UAE. Here's the logic — follow it carefully: → You bomb a gas field that's JOINTLY OWNED with Qatar → Qatar — your own Gulf ally — publicly condemns you → Iran uses the attack as justification to target ALL Gulf energy → IRGC formally declares Gulf facilities as "legitimate targets" → Aramco starts EVACUATING refineries → Explosions hit RIYADH → You didn't weaken Iran. You gave them the excuse to burn down the ENTIRE Gulf's economy. If this was a "strategic victory," why is Aramco evacuating workers RIGHT NOW? If Iran's military is "degraded," why are 6 Gulf nations scrambling to protect their oil fields from an attack they believe is IMMINENT? Complete silence. You don't evacuate the world's most valuable company unless you KNOW what's coming. The IRGC said "coming hours." Not days. Not weeks. HOURS. And every Gulf state just went from spectator to TARGET. This is no longer a war between the U.S. and Iran. This is a war that's about to ERASE the Gulf's entire energy infrastructure — the infrastructure that powers HALF the planet. Prepare accordingly. 🚨🚨🚨 They don't want you seeing this. Follow + RT to beat the algorithm. 🚨

⛽️ 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%

If Iran wins, it's the end of five eras. 1991-2026: the unipolar era 1974-2026: the petrodollar era 1945-2026: the postwar era 1776-2026: the union era 1492-2026: the Western era Specifically, the end of the petrodollar (1974) would also be the end of the unipolar moment (1991) and the postwar order (1945). It would mark the moment when Eurasian powers were once again dominant over Western powers (1492). Finally, a rapid crash in the dollar's purchasing power coupled with military defeat could well break apart the American union (1776). Few seem to viscerally understand just how dependent America is on money printing. But the end of the petrodollar is the end of Keynesianism as we know it. And if there's a sudden cost-of-living spike on top of pre-existing levels of political polarization, which are already near Civil War levels...we could see the scenarios that Dalio, the Fourth Turning, and Turchin have described.

📈 U.S. Trade Deficit Shifts from China to the Rest of the World After the 2018 Trade War The United States–China Trade War launched in 2018 triggered a major realignment in global trade flows, reshaping the composition of the U.S. trade deficit. In 2015, U.S. trade deficits with China and the rest of the world were roughly equal and moved largely in tandem. After tariffs and trade restrictions took effect in 2018, however, the two trends diverged sharply. Between 2018 and 2025, the total U.S. trade deficit increased 41%, rising from $880 billion to $1.24 trillion. During the same period, the deficit with China fell by 52%, declining from $418 billion to $202 billion. In contrast, the deficit with all other trading partners surged 127%, expanding from $452 billion to $1.03 trillion. The shift reflects a broad reconfiguration of global supply chains, with production and trade increasingly routed through alternative manufacturing hubs and intermediary economies. Tariffs, supply chain diversification, and the rise of regional trade platforms have all contributed to this trend. In addition, the official U.S.–China trade deficit may be understated due to “missing imports” from direct-to-consumer e-commerce shipments that bypass traditional tariff channels, suggesting the apparent decline in imports from China may be somewhat overstated. #Trade #TradeDeficit #TradeWar #GlobalTrade #Tariffs #Economy #Imports #Exports #Globalization #USA #China #TradeData

📊 POLL: Key US allies now prefer China over Trump's America. 🇨🇦 Canada: 57% choose China 🇩🇪 Germany: 40% choose China 🇫🇷 France: 34% choose China 🇬🇧 UK: 42% choose China The empire is losing trust. The world has options. Threats don't work anymore. The numbers prove it. The future is not American.

New China–Iran Fact Sheet Beijing enables Tehran but the relationship is asymmetric: Iran depends heavily on China, while Beijing calibrates support, offering diplomatic cover & dual-use supplies, but stops short of formal defense commitments that may alienate Gulf partners.

Iran is more powerful now than before the war — it controls the price of world oil and more likely to fracture the US coalition than US is to grow it. Stunning gains in 17 days

Saudi Aramco just lost 500,000 barrels per day Their biggest refinery is offline And Hormuz mined and paralyzed ❌ Oman bypass hubs struck ❌ Bab al-Mandab Houthis circling ❌ Look at who's not getting their oil today: 🇨🇳 China: 1.75mb/day from Aramco blocked 🇯🇵 Japan: 960k bpd blocked 🇰🇷 S Korea: 950k bpd blocked 🇮🇳 India: 850k bpd blocked The East-West pipeline is running hard but it's not enough. Storage is filling. Fields are shutting in. Now the refinery is burning. Aramco called this "catastrophic" They weren't exaggerating.🛢️🔥 📩 Subscribe to the newsletter link in my bio #oott

JUST IN 🚨: U.S. Treasury projected to buy back $15 Billion of their own debt today, surpassing last week's $14.7 Billion purchase as the LARGEST Treasury buyback in history 🤯👀

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.

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Iran has started a new phase of its oil war: Tehran is clearly going after the Strait of Hormuz bypass route, with Fujairah (UAE) coming under attack. But so far, the Saudi pipeline bypass hasn't been attacked (and neither the Yemeni Houthis have tried to close the Red Sea).