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@EricLDaugh Hopefully that is true. They also told us there was little to no damage at the land bases. Gen Caine said it is best to never let the enemy know if he hit something and what damage they did.

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump just revealed ABSOLUTELTY ZERO DAMAGE was done to US forces by Iran during today's strikes... ..."but GREAT damage was done to the Iranian attackers" 🔥 "Just like we knocked them out again today, we’ll knock them out a lot harder, and a lot more violently, in the future, if they don’t get their Deal signed, FAST! Our three Destroyers, with their wonderful Crews, will now rejoin our Naval Blockade, which is truly a “Wall of Steel.” "Missiles were shot at our Destroyers, and were easily knocked down." "Three World Class American Destroyers just transited, very successfully, out of the Strait of Hormuz, under fire." "There was no damage done to the three Destroyers, but great damage done to the Iranian attackers. They were completely destroyed along with numerous small boats, which are being used to take the place of their fully decapitated Navy. These boats went to the bottom of the Sea, quickly and efficiently." "Likewise, drones came, and were incinerated while in the air. They dropped ever so beautifully down to the Ocean, very much like a butterfly dropping to its grave! A normal Country would have allowed these Destroyers to pass, but Iran is not a normal Country. They are led by LUNATICS, and if they had the chance to use a Nuclear Weapon, they would do it, without question."

@mitchellvii The issue is that our destroyers can only hold 90-96 total missiles. This is both offensive and defensive. They typically launch 2 per missile launched at them. This is the second time they had to defend themselves. Soon these ships will need to head to port to rearm.

Okay to summarize. Lame ass Iran tried to attack three of our destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz today. We kicked their ass (again) and our ships are fine. Oil prices barely rose because everybody realizes that Iran sucks and can't block the Strait.

@robin_j_brooks Who cares about the Rial? Only Iran. The rest of the world is struggling with the supply of dozens of products normally supplied through the Strait.

We'll never know exactly how impactful the US blockade was, but we do know that - by the 3rd week - Iran's Rial was down 20% from pre-blockade. That's exactly the kind of destabilizing effect the blockade aimed to achieve. Hopefully this brings peace... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/pros-and-con…

@GeraldoRivera Not a great idea. The only thing that will encourage these oil companies to invest in more capacity is the ability to make higher profits when oil goes up. The oil companies don’t really set pricing. This is the supply and demand along with Wall Street investors.

Oil companies are being unjustly enriched. They are war profiteers. POTUS should impose an excess profits tax. They are blood suckers.

@RodDMartin Ticking down to months more. Can the global economy wait months ?

🧵The Iranian regime’s “oil storage clock” is ticking down to zero — and the U.S. Navy just turned up the dial. Tankers are bottled up. No exports means no cash. With no revenue, even the mullahs can only last so long. But it's even worse than that. ⏰🇺🇸

@FreightAlley Paper contracts don’t reflect that inventories are dangerously low. Even if the Strait was open now we have damaged ports and production in the Middle East and most VLCC carriers are not in the right place. The pain from this will last for months regardless of Wall Street.

"Oil prices are at similar levels to 2007." Truth: We have a long way to go to hit $148/barrel peak oil from 07/08 and on an inflation adjusted basis it was well over $200/barrel. We are far away from that ($95/today). Oil was 3.9% of economy in 2007, today it is 2.6%. And the fun thing is that a good portion of the money spent on oil actually flows back into the US economy, rather than being shipped overseas, as shale wasn't a factor in 2007. Add to the fact that we are now exporting record amounts of oil at high prices and it is a stimulant to the American economy, not a drag.

@FoxNews How are they supposed to remove mines when the US Navy destroyed its ships capable of doing so? We are back to JCPOA and would have been better without this conflict.

NEW: U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz lays out what the Trump administration and the international community are demanding from Iran: "Cease its attacks on commercial shipping, cease mining and remove its mines from an international waterway, cease tolling, charging illegal tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, and allow the UN to move forward with humanitarian aid, lifesaving aid, through that international corridor. It's really just that simple."

@vernerer @SaltyGoat17 I was not a fan of JCPOA but now we may get version 2.0 which means we would have been better off without ever having had this conflict.

@Pattonator2 @SaltyGoat17 Which was the agreement Obama made with them that Trump tore up

Trump just said that Iran has AGREED to being banned from producing nuclear weapons!! He also said that the US will be taking possession of Iran's uranium. Democrats will try and find a way to sell this as bad for America... JUST WATCH!!

@AmericanAlphaX @mitchellvii Go short some oil then. There is no deal yet and even once there is the market is still short 1 billion barrels

@mitchellvii Oil is going straight to $70 when the deal is signed most likely Friday or over the weekend. That’s my guess 👍

Sorry panicans, Oil prices continue to collapse. What are you going to freak out about now?

@mitchellvii So what does it mean when oil contracts go down in price but there is no new supply? Most likely market manipulation. Inventories are at historic lows and we have no new production and less supply. Now what?

@mitchellvii So then you don’t believe that the US has been in a war since WW2? What kind of moronic point were you making?

ONLY CONGRESS CAN DECLARE WAR. Congress has NOT declared war with Iran. There is NO WAR with Iran. President Trump has kept his "no new wars" campaign promise. He has also kept his promise that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.

@WeTheThunderPod I think our team prefers to play with 3-4 guys behind the net.

In 7 games did we ever put a guy in front of Dobes like this. I'm really starting to question the coaching staff I'm not going to be able to watch this series.

@jhaboush So Iran published their 14 points. Where is there any agreement?

A senior US official says Iran is likely to resist these red lines: wsj.com/opinion/iran-d…

Senior US officials to WSJ Editorial Board on Iran deal demands: • 20-year enrichment ban • Hand over all enriched material • Attestation it doesn’t seek nuclear weapon • Dismantle Fordow, Natanz, Isfahan • Ban on underground nuclear work • On-demand inspections/penalties for violations

@GuntherEagleman Iran is saying the exact opposite. So there is no agreement here yet. Get ready for oil to spike again.

🚨 TRUMP JUST FORCED IRAN TO SURRENDER ON NUKES: President Trump announces Iran has AGREED to being completely BARRED from producing nuclear weapons. This comes right after he told the press the U.S. is TAKING POSSESSION of Iran’s uranium stockpile.

@morgan_downey The world consumes 104 mbpd of crude and only about 91 mbpd are being produced. Hence the shortage. Supply doesn’t equal demand.

There is a lot of noise about oil shortages? What? It’s a free market. Just buy the jet fuel, gasoline, diesel in the international oil market. There is nothing stopping anyone from doing that right now. Just one click or phone call. Simple. The world is still producing 95 million barrels of oil per day. The world is still producing an enormous amount of jet fuel, diesel, gasoline every single day. Shortages only happen when a government imposes a price control in an individual country. Then the oil market avoids selling in that country if the price cap is lower than international markets. It’s really quite simple.

@MericaFurst1 @joelpollak Stop with the propaganda. The IRGC is clearly the leadership. The main navy is destroyed but they still have 100’s of fast attack boats. That said, they don’t need a navy to stop commercial traffic. What are the objectives? They seem to change daily.

@Pattonator2 @joelpollak Iran has no leadership, no navy, no army, no economy, has had it's nuclear ambitions set back decades, likely forever and many dead Mullahs... all since Feb 28th, yet you don't think we're on track to meet the objectives. Silliness

The Iran war is a complete win, possibly becoming the most comprehensive victory of most of our lifetimes. I say this as someone who leaned toward diplomacy before it began. Do not believe analysts whose only horizon is a 24-hour news cycle and who would be delighted by defeat.

@BrettErickson28 x.com/TankerTrackers… So when history shows that Iran can slow down production without damage to a level where they need zero exports how does this mean that they will ever need to shut down?

@MOSSADil Ok joy. So while Iran gets plastered some missiles and drones will get through and hit some other energy sites in the GCC and that is going to reduce oil shipping even further.

🇺🇸 TRUMP SAYS IRAN HAS 24 HOURS "Iran is given only 24 hours. After that, the world may witness one of the most devastating airstrikes ever."

@BrettErickson28 What does FDD know about Iran's oil storage??? They are just pumping propaganda. Do you know that you can look at recent history and see that Iran went for a few years of barely selling any oil and then quickly scaling back up without oil wells exploding.