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Military advisers intentionally excluded Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes extraction of a downed American airman in Iran, fearing his erratic temper would jeopardize the mission, according to a WSJ report. jpost.com/international/…
🇪🇺🇮🇷 European natural gas futures just jumped hard up to 11% this morning, hitting €43 per MWh after Iran announced it’s re closing the Strait of Hormuz. They had briefly opened it over the weekend, letting some ships dash out, but now it’s shut again because of the ongoing U.S. blockade. Prices fully reversed Friday’s drop. Hormuz drama keeps swinging energy markets like a pendulum. Europe feeling the heat on gas prices again, as if the war in Ukraine wasn't enough.
Vibe-trading digital oil is like vibe-hedging in treasuries during Hormuz risk-off. Both share one house of cards that works on paper. Difference: oil at least has Dated Brent. Treasuries? Vibes all the way down. EUCRBRDT Index GP <GO>
BREAKING: Tehran claims it has received intelligence information indicating that the United States and Israel are preparing for a surprise attack on Iran.
Why should anyone profit off of food?
U.S. CRUDE FUTURES HIT HIGH OF $91.20/BBL, UP MORE THAN $7
🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran turned the Strait of Hormuz into a toll booth. Pay $2 million or get stuck in line. That's the deal the IRGC is offering ships trying to pass through one of the world's most critical energy chokepoints. 5 LNG tankers already turned back. Zero LNG ships have exited the Strait since February. And now the US fired back in a different way: the USS Spruance disabled and seized the Iranian-flagged Touska on April 19. First Iranian commercial vessel taken during this conflict. Iran is running an extortion racket on global energy supply. The US just started taking ships. This is what a shadow war over the world's most important 21-mile stretch of water actually looks like. Source: @TheStudyofWar
JUST IN - Iran's military spokesperson says: "Iran will soon respond to and retaliate against this armed piracy by the U.S. Army." — Tasnim
🚨Top Democrat political consultant and campaign strategist, James Carville, just stated on the Left-wing ‘Policon’ podcast that when the Democrats regain power, they plan to: -Grant statehood to Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, so that the Democrats can unlock 4 extra seats in the Senate. -Pack the U.S. Supreme Court from 9 Justices up to 13 Justices, adding another 4 Left-wing Justices to the court. -Reopen the U.S.-Mexico border and grant mass-amnesty to every single alien currently inside of the United States. -His advice to Democrat politicians: “Don’t run on it. Don’t talk about it. Just do it.”
