Michael Snowdon
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@Blogsbloke
It’s vectors. All the way down.
@elonmusk @stclairashley You know what can *actually* be the downfall of Western civilization? People who dismiss facts, disparage scientists and the journalists, side with aspiring dictators, disseminate batshit-crazy conspiracy theories, and buy themselves a medium to amplify them.
It’s clear that No10’s strategy is to make the FCDO Perm Sec the scapegoat. There is ZERO chance that someone who’d just been appointed would risk their entire career by NOT telling the FS about the vetting. Perhaps verbally rather than in writing, but he would have been told!
🇺🇸🇪🇺 MARCO RUBIO: "Since Europe won’t allow us to use the bases we man and fund for their defense, we ought to close them down and remove our troops."
So, a couple of the boys have been texting me: “Why the hell would Trump drop the Hormuz blockade bomb on a Sunday? It’ll send oil screaming past $120, maybe $130 if the algos really panic. Makes zero sense if you actually want cheaper barrels.” But it makes perfect sense. Beautiful, even. See, Tokyo and Hong Kong are already humming by the time the East Coast is still nursing its coffee. Those futures pits—Dow, S&P, the whole equity complex, plus Brent and WTI on the screens—never really sleep. You’ve got fourteen, fifteen hours of runway before the New York bell. Plenty of time for the right hands to lean in: long the indices in Hong Kong, short the crude in Tokyo, riding the fear wave as the blockade tweet lights up every terminal from Singapore to Sydney. Then, right on cue, before the U.S. opens, comes the pivot. Something about “there’s regime change in Tehran,” “we can do business,” “Talks were Good,” the usual art-of-the-deal baloney. Markets whip around like they’ve been Tasered. Oil gives back the spike, stocks rip higher. The boys in Asia unwind clean, pocket the spread. A few hundred million, maybe more, conjured out of thin air on the back of one perfectly timed Sunday morning post. Not bad for a morning’s work. The Street’s been running these kinds of games for decades: information, timing, leverage. Just never quite so… presidential!!
