I am pleased to support the president, either party, whenever I can.
President Trump October 9, 2019
The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE…..
President Trump was right then.
And he has proven himself historically accurate now.
So, I give him credit for being right, then proving it.
Current Proof of 2019 Concept
More Proof of 2019 Concept
Reflections on Proof of Concept
French President Macron Is Right Too
Iran Is Now Defenseless
Iran Disagrees
Hegseth Popularity
When Does Trump Fire Hegseth?
Is It a War or an Excursion?
This question has been debated for weeks. I am pleased to offer this amazing vision.
It’s an excursion to save us from war, but it’s a war for them.
Hopefully that clarifies matters.
Three-Point Synopsis
- Does anyone now doubt how brilliant Trump was in 2019?
- Unfortunately, Trump went way out of his way in 2026 to prove what he said in 2019.
- Damn, Macron and Trump are both right. How often does that happen?
Trillions of Dollars Wasted
President Trump notes $8 trillion wasted in the Mideast. That’s another thing he was right about and proving again now.
We now need $1.5 trillion to replenish the weapons we used in Iran and to defend the US from retaliations to wars we started.
For discussion, please see Trump Seeks Record $1.5 Trillion for Military, Paid for by Huge Cuts Elsewhere
To pay for his F-upped war, Trump wants cuts in the EPA, Education, Disaster Funding, TSA, Health.
Budget lies also needed.
I have no problem admitting when the president of either party is right.
What about you?
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
What the US needs is more Statesmen, or at least one or two. I do not see any on either side of the isle.
Trump appointed poorly experienced aides and religious freaks to advise him, and here we are… It’s not just the war with Iran, it permeates our entire government. LOL America!
Trump is weak, stupid and easily manipulated.
Without passing judgement on how we got to the current situation with Iran, has anyone got a recommended plan going forward for the US to resolve the situation in a manner acceptable to all parties involved?
In pertinent economic news; the Fed added $18 billion to its balance sheet last week.
QE is showing more and more evidence of being in play as the Fed has added $140 billion to its balance sheet since Dec 3rd of 2025.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_recenttrends.htm
Interest rates are only one of the Fed’s tools and money supply is the one that I pay additional attention to.
I suspect that the Fed’s balance sheet is about to go parabolic (again).
Click on the one year chart to see it best.
This should be inflationary. In a normal flight to safety mode, when inflation is also expected to increase, real yields should decrease, which should increase the price of gold.
There are two storylines that conflict with this theory though:
1. The USD has not been strengthening/reacting as past flight to safety events.
2.Inflation may never come if the economy is tipped into a recession.
Agreed, the supply shocks from a lack of sulfur & sulfuric acid for the copper industry are going to be massive. Plus Helium, Aluminum, Potash. Urea and all of the petroleum, natural gas and petrochemicals for plastics? WOW! massive cluster F***!
More winning!
So, you have no problem with Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz and firing missiles and drones at oil and gas facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, thereby driving up the cost of oil?
Oil was $65 per barrel when Trump started this war, now it is $110. Trump owns the entire increase. There is no fact based evidence that Iran was a threat and traffic was flowing normally.
Nuke “boogyman” that Fox, Trump and Israel are selling do not count as real. Unless you think that their phony WMD’s were anything but propaganda buzzwords.
“So you have no problem with the cinderblock falling on my foot” once I let go of it? – Steve L.
It appears that you may have some complicated
mental gymnastics going on.
It seems that in your mind, Iran was only going to roll over and say “thanks for bombing us!”
I suppose you blame a rape victim for fighting back.
Very nicely done.
The only way this ends quickly is with direct Russia/China involvement invoking their nuclear shield over Iran
But why would they when their rival, the US, is successfully demolishing their reputation and value as an alliance leader
I am sure Russia loves the destruction of Middle East oil infrastructure. Their oil sales are funding their war and sales must have doubled both in volume and in price!
Never stop an idiot from defeating himself.
Surgical attacks is a tough business. Western politicians try to balance military goals with propaganda from missiles hitting elementary schools due to electronic defensive countermeasures. Our enemies know Western leaders have somewhat of a conscience and intentionally use their own innocent people as human shields. One thing is for certain, appeasement does not work.
Sorry buddy, we double tapped an elementary school. We meant to do it. That’s a war crime. Trump has no conscience, he and his flacks, lickspittles and his fruitcake MAGAt supporters repeatedly lie about the event.
And even Google maps had it clearly marked as a school.
The word for what is going on is genocide.
Department of War Crimes in action under trump and hegseth.
“surgical attacks” is a ludicrous phrase when it is clear the US has embarked on a plan to return Iran to the “stone ages”
nuthin surgical about that
Te US has lost the war but they have yet to realize the loss and if this continues for while , months we all going to be broke and hungry Iran navy planes was museum pieces what they have is modern warfare tactics rockets drones ,the US and Israel Second World War tactics and equipment and now as you can see, that’s if you don’t listen to Fox News, math is not working Iran has more money than before and The US folk nothing but losses in the billions and they want more…
Is Trump going to France? Wouldn’t it be great if he got arrested for war crimes? It would sure solve a lot of problems.
He hasn’t been convicted of those just yet.
Well, let’s have a trial, or series of trials
Funny, Pete Hegseth himself says otherwise.
Just old rusty unusable clock.
He’s wrong the whole day except the pointed time right two times a day.
He purged anyone who might have a legal or moral reason to disobey orders or promote such thinking.
I think reopening Alcatraz is another good idea of his.
I think he would look great as the first inmate.
We can put him there as the only prisoner, like Napoleon on Elba.
“Now you can join the ranks of the illustrious
In history’s great dark hall of fame
All our greatest killers were industrious
At least the ones that we all know by name
But you can reach the top of your profession
If you become the leader of the land
For murder is the sport of the elected
And you don’t need to lift a finger of your hand”
Sting
Because of the 28 Feb 2026 timing of the initiation of the war, Trump will primarily be blamed for the 2026 global equity crash. Even the two times he was right will be overlooked.
For the European markets, the next 5 trading days(Note Easter Monday is a European holiday not observed in the US) represent the terminal nonlinear portion of a 28 day 2nd fractal in either a 17 Feb 2026 3-phase 11/23 of 28/28 day :: y/2.5y/2.5y or a 17 Feb 2025 4-phase 11/23 of 28/22/16-17 day :: y/2.5y/2y/1.5-1.6y lammert fractal crash decay series where Monday 13 April 2026 for the European STOXX will likely end +/- 10% of its 7 April 2025 low. During the coming severe recession, the Chinese economy with its 160% corporate to GDP debt ratio and its ongoing housing bubble collapse – where citizens have placed their wealth – may suffer the greatest economic implosion, whereas the US equity market – most overvalued, malinvested, and over-leveraged – will likely suffer the greatest peak to final nadir lost: 75-90%.
17 Feb 2026 4-phase 11/23 of 28/22/17-18 day (vice 17 Feb 2025 …)
If I Fire Everybody Competent That Will Make Me Look Better
https://nypost.com/2026/04/03/us-news/hegseths-paranoia-over-being-replaced-explains-purge-of-top-general-as-ally-emerges-for-army-secretarys-role/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social
I think the only logical conclusion is the Generals were advising to shut it down and that boots on the ground
wouldwill be suicide. Also guesting WarPigBreath and Trump said, “nope”…”bye.”(insert that picture with Jared looking over Trumps shoulder)
Well, how will pulling out of Iran make Epstein go away?
Generals need to learn to focus on thr big picture.
Bolded subset being better known as: The Israeli War Doctrine
see: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, et. al.
…next up Turkey?
in the service of a Greater Israel
Israel is ramping up the atrocity and grabbing up the land as fast as
they can as they know their time is nearly up.
As time goes by Israel will be alone surrounded by 500 million Muslim.
Better negotiate before its too late.
Lebensraum they learned it in 1940
daddy I need you!Tiger Woods called President Donald Trump from the scene of his rollover car crash moments before he was arrested with a DUI.
Lions don’t drink Trumps Kool-Aid.
But a Tiger wood.
Trump was right to be sure. The issue is that he was “right” because it was convenient for him to be “right” at the time (gearing up for an election cycle).
People forget that Trump bombed Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan along with assassinating Iran’s Qasem Soleimani on Iraqi soil during his first term.
Trump never was anti-war. His first term was comparatively mild from a military perspective because he would have never been reelected had he went full warmonger.
Trump said he will spend the next few weeks destroying Iranian infrastructure. And he is. And of course, Iran will respond by destroying infrastructure in neighbouring countries.
From Copilot:
Several key infrastructure sites were hit in today’s Iran war developments, including bridges, industrial plants, energy facilities, and civilian-linked infrastructure. Below is a clear breakdown of what was struck, based on the latest verified reporting.
🏗️ Major Infrastructure Facilities Attacked Today
🌉 Bridges
• B1 Bridge in Karaj was damaged by US‑Israeli strikes. This bridge is described as one of Iran’s tallest and a major engineering project. A
• Additional reporting notes repeated strikes on a bridge in Karaj, including a second hit while emergency teams were responding. B
🏭 Industrial & Manufacturing Sites
🧪 Pharmaceutical Facilities
• Tofigh Daru pharmaceutical raw materials facility in Tehran was bombed, destroying its R&D department and disrupting Iran’s medical supply chain. C
• Pasteur Institute (Tehran Province) was also hit in broader strikes on civilian-linked infrastructure. D
🔩 Steel & Metal Plants
• Steel plants in Isfahan and Farokhshahr were struck by US‑Israeli forces. C
• Iran claims US‑linked steel industries in Abu Dhabi and aluminium industries in Bahrain were targeted in its retaliatory strikes. B
• Iran’s two largest steel plants were forced offline due to repeated strikes. B
🏭 Petrochemical Complex
• A petrochemical complex in Mahshahr (southwestern Iran) was hit, with smoke rising from the area. E
🚢 Ports & Maritime Infrastructure
• Shahid Haqqani passenger pier in Bandar Abbas was bombed by enemy aircraft. No casualties reported. C
💧 Water & Energy Facilities
💧 Desalination Plants
• A desalination plant on Qeshm Island was knocked out of service by strikes. C
• Kuwait reported its water desalination plant was targeted by Iran, though Tehran denies this. A
🛢️ Oil & Gas Infrastructure
• Kuwait also reported an oil refinery was targeted by Iran. A
• A gas facility fire in Abu Dhabi (Habshan) occurred following regional attacks, though attribution varies. F
• An oil tanker in Qatari waters was hit by Iranian strikes. D
🏙️ Civilian & Mixed‑Use Sites
• Residential complex among sites hit in US‑Israeli strikes across Iran. C
• Meteorology facilities and other civilian infrastructure were also targeted. C
• Debris impacts from aerial interceptions caused damage to buildings in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. F
*******
As the war continues, the impact on global supply chains will become more apparent each day. Shortages of oil, petrochemicals, steel, copper, aluminum, sulfur, phosphates, and helium will lead to shortages of thousands of other products.
Once shortages appear, or the hint of shortages appear, there will be a global stampede to “stock up” on items that companies or individuals consider crucial. Which only makes the shortage worse.
A repeat of what happened during the pandemic.
Trump deserves to be tried for war crimes. But that will never happen. After his presidency is over I don’t think he should ever leave the country. Between assassination squads and teams ready to arrest him to serve trial in Iran, the Hague, or elsewhere, he will be the global Persona non Grata.
Correct. It will never happen. For leaders on both sides of this war.
That is also true for both sides in the Ukraine war.
And both sides in most wars.
Perhaps, if it did happen, then we would have fewer wars.
He’ll retire to Mar A Largo and his nearby golf courses.
For war crimes the punishment will be taking away his social media access. That should be sufficient.
Trump is getting really old and will be curtailing his travel.
Insightful post by Jim Bianco: https://x.com/biancoresearch/status/2039873938449387699
We have passed the point of no return. I am very pessimistic about this and only see the solution as a concerted ground invasion to rid the country of of radical islam. The still unanswered question is did they war game this scenario. If so why not better prepared to deal with the situation, ie like better anti drone capabilities. I don’t feel there was an imminent threat but their malevolent leaders are untrustworthy and have proven they are liars by launching longer range missiles they denied having. It was a matter of time before they would have detonated a nuclear bomb somewhere, another 911. For those Neville Chamberlain synchopants not eliminating a radical islamic regime like this was not an option. Just a matter of timing. These people are responsible for instigating worldwide terrorism and hundreds of thousands of deaths. Unfortunately we have a narcissist, ignorant, petulant asshole who has alienated all of our allies and getting them to help in a ground war is going to be a problem but they will eventually realize it needs to happen. I see this unfortunately evolving into the next WW3
Jim Bianco should STFU about geopolitics and stick to economics. What he doesn’t seem to understand is his and others’ projections onto the Iranian government (it was a matter of time!) and the subsequent response to that made up scenario of “another 911!” is what is actually leading us down the path to WW3.
Hey Jimbo, get your ass and the asses of your family, including your kids, to the front line pronto so you can lead this “ground invasion”. Otherwise, fuck right off and get back in the chicken coop where you can pretend in front of the other chickens that you are actually a hawk. Dumbass.
yeap!
Wow. What twisted logic.
We are past the point of no return so we must continue on till we arrive at WW3.
WTF!
Iran wants to eliminate Israel.
Israel wants to eliminate Iran, and apparently many other countries.
There will be no winners here. Everyone is a loser in this. And Bianco is cheering it on.
Neville apparently you are not worried about a radical Islamic regime detonating a nuclear bomb like a dirty bomb in the population Center. Best to let them sleeping malevolent dogs lie until the s*** hits the fan
They’ve had everything they needed to do that for decades, and they haven’t. Why do you think that is?
Imagine fighting a losing war for make-believe ideas!
America is such a great egalitarian nation that we even allow the mentally handicapped to vote, in their red-hatted millions.
Of course I am worried. The question becomes which approach is best to prevent it.
You and Bianco seem to think that the best way to prevent that is to commit war crimes and genocide that leads to WW3.
It’s not war crimes when IRAN targets civilian infrastructure and is responsible for worldwide terrorism. Killing hundreds of thousands of their innocent citizens?? Funding hezzbolla and hamas . Committing unspeakable atrocities ?? The unhinged thought process on these posts are pathetic. From now on only reading the mish commentary and skipping the Neanderthal knuckle dragging moronic comment section
Do you blame the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto for fighting back?
So you’ll stop posting the filth you have been? Thank you.
you are not worried about a radical Islamic regime detonating a nuclear bomb like a dirty bomb in the population Center.
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typical idi11ocy induced by watching Hollywood movies
IF Iran WANTED do it, it would have done back then in 1980xxx
USSR would have been happy to assist for obtaining nuclear or Libya, or N.Korea or pakistan!
Iran did not it.
actually after making n bomb Iran would be very peaceful knowing that nobody would fuck w/ .
Yes, well there are always risks (the Doomsday clock has been ticking since WW2)
Right now, we’re on the path of accelerating the risk into a certainty on behalf of a butt-hurt senile old man, a Zionist fanatic, and an end-times “warrior”
Correct but he has painted us into a corner
you ok man?
you sound a little unhinged.
Adolph, you’re right we need to kill all the (fill-in-the-blank) now!
Insightful post by Jim Bianco:
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Insightful ? it is idi11ocy posted by nobody who knows nothing about war or Iran!!
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=1 If so why not better prepared to deal with the situation, ie like better anti drone capabilities
mor1on think problem is anti drone protection. moron just dont get that
after USA put boots on ground , it will be last thing to worry
main thing will be EACH DAY USA SOLDIERS HEAD;S chopped off live on
ticktock!
=2 malevolent leaders are untrustworthy and have proven they are liars
name countries that Iran attacked last 50 years , and USA !
=3 It was a matter of time before they would have detonated a nuclear bomb somewhere, another 911.
blah blah blah… it was CIA-NSA who did 9*11. BUILDING =7 ANYONE?
=4 These people are responsible for instigating worldwide terrorism and hundreds of thousands of death
REST OF same pure bullshit from fox channel!
not worth for commenting.
alx
Feel sorry for you man you are missing a bunch of screws. Would fit in well over there Zardoz
irans leaders are so malevolent that they’ve threatened to annex Canada and invade Greenland. they’re bombing civilians off the coast of south America right now.
o wait thats our President. Noone is going to help in a ground war, not even Israel.
MAYBE Iran would use a nuke IF it had one is no justification for war especially from a country, our country, that is threatening to annex one of our allies.
Iran and a whole lot of other countries will develop nuclear weapons because of this. anyone who doesn’t understand that is a stupid fck.
Excellent pacifist Neviile.
Hmmm I’m not up on my bible studies….wasn’t Jesus a pacifist and didn’t he encourage, no demand that others become pacifists also….asking for a friend.
Of course the Jews killed him so there’s that.
….a concerted ground invasion to rid the country of of radical Islam….
what?!? the US has a way of changing thoughts and beliefs with soldiers?
especially when every act of the invader convinces you more of their evilness (see Gaza)
how does that work, anyway?
the peace of a massacred people???
American interference is what brought on the 1979 Iranian revolution. I wonder what unexpected outcome this war will bring.
I thought that the text of your post is what Jim Bianco wrote but the text is your own opinion. I typically agree with Jim Bianco and I read the post. He does say that the US needs to finish what it started but I didn’t see that he said that the US should have started it. The problem with the logic that Jim uses is that his thoughts on Ukraine show that this war could go on just like the war in Ukraine. It would have been much better to just wait out the Iranians. Probably in another year there would have been regime change because the populace was starting to get organized. If Iran’s infrastructure is totally destroyed there is no reason for regime change because life will be hard and tough no matter who is in power. Sometimes there is no good way out and if that is the case you should never go in. But we did. We should try to find the least painful way out.
Agree with that intelligent response. I can see from all the comments no one read the link. I am just thinking we passed the point of no return. I am hoping not but that seems to be the reality. If Trump was ignorant enough to ignore advice from his advisors,(quite probable), then we are in a dire place.
Bianco is a third-string CNBS stooge.
Let us know when you complete Basic Training so that you can be on the front line to rid us of the Islamic menace. Thank you for your future service.
Brilliant 👏
TL;DR “We’ve already committed so many crimes, there’s no going back now!”
“We have planes flying over Iran, they can’t do a thing about it,” “They have no anti-aircraft equipment,” “Their radar is 100% annihilated,” and “We are unstoppable.”
Strong boast of total air superiority made shortly before Iran downed a U.S. F-15E (1 missing crew) and hit an A-10,helicopters, and other aircraft on the ground. Now being widely covered as a clear battlefield reversal. Holds very High – visible military humiliation, but this is more about a military boast that is now disproven on the battlefield for any that choose to continually bash Trump.
Timing-wise it hurts credibility on competence and honesty about the war’s progress — but it is still seen more as Trump’s “bravado.” More important Mish is you to take and discuss the “good” with the “bad” prior to simple mindless condemnation.
He does sound an awful lot like Bhagdad Bob, doesn’t he?
Trump asked through friendly 3rd parties for a 48hr cease-fire after planes went down
Iran refused
(apparently Trump doesn’t know that the “excursion” bus doesn’t always stop when a passenger wants)
Not sure how this ends easily when there are no trusted channels to open negotiations
This “two weeks” will be pretty long
Hopefully it’s not another “2 weeks to flatten the curve” timeline.
Why would Iran agree to a ceasefire when they are winning?
Corollary: “winners don’t ask for ceasefires”
The excursion bus is short, and has chocolate flavored windows.
More like chocolate colored, not chocolate tasting.
Since, according to some evangelicals, Trump is our home-grown Jesus, he must have some redeeming qualities.
He contains enough fat to make a few cases of candles.
well he doesn’t sweat much for a fat boy.
No.Trump’s Accurate / Largely Correct Statement
These 13 are the strongest examples Grok fetched that where Trump’s core descriptions aligned with events on the ground or were not actively disputed.
AKA: Trump Good.
Dude,
Killing a lot of people doesn’t mean you are winning. It means you are a serial killer.
If we make an ordered list of everything we bombed in Vietnam, would it be a list of things that are good, or bad? If it was a mile long, would it mean we won?
These 13 are the strongest examples Grok fetched that where Trump’s core descriptions aligned with events on the ground or were not actively disputed.
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mor11on!
ask Grok HOW MANY COUNTRIES USA BOMBED AFTER ww2 w/out UN authorisation, and-or instigated illegal coups !
cant wait for answer!
alx
I saw such a list on a recent doomscroll: the US/UK has a history that predates 1776 of war crimes and genocide. Humans are/can be completely depraved in the pursuit of ideology.
History has proven to the U.S. that you cannot bomb ideology away. (Taking out the senior leaders has resulted in the further promotion of even more hardliners.)
you know, when I talk to my maga friends they just aint this weird.
so Trump said 13 things right, but how many things did he say that was bullshit?
what’s the ratio?
Counting with chicken hawk…
Imagine being so retarded you have to ask grok to make your post and still getting laughed at. They should ban old farts from using AI
“Yes, he’s an idiot with zero common sense …
“I just hope he never goes into politics; he’d be a disaster.”
—– His own mother.
Bottom line: The list of 13 is solid and comprehensive for the major, confirmed “inaccuracies” of TRUMP related to the Iran war. No critical item was missed BY GROK that rises to the same level of scrutiny or impact. AKA: Trump Bad.
Trump sounded good until the Epsteinish billionaires appeared with their demands. Then Trump bent to the will if his owners, “the children of the devil”. That’s our democracy.
Its a plutocracy now
A plutocracy (from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos) ‘wealth’ and κράτος (krátos) ‘power’) or plutarchy is a society that is ruled or controlled by people of great wealth or income. It can be considered a form of oligarchy (rule by the few) where the ruling few are wealthy. The first known use of the term in English dates from 1631.[1] It is not rooted in any established political philosophy.[2]
Pedro,
I would say it has been a plutocracy since long before now.
I would say it kicked into high gear after 1913 when private banks gained control of the money supply with the establishment of the 3rd Bank of the United States (3BUS), otherwise known as the Federal Reserve, which is as federal an institution as FedEx and which has no reserve. This is what comedian George Carlin was hinting at when he said “It’s a big club, and we ain’t in it “.
I think the difference is more and more people who are not in this “Big Club” are waking up to this reality as they fall further and further behind and continue to see their standard of living erode away by a couple percentage points each year.
Regards
TD
Now?
I really have trouble dealing with grown adults who think he ever “sounded good.” He sounded stupid from day one, and what does it say about people who didn’t notice it?
Correct. Ultimately it says half the population is on the left side of the Bell Curve. The irony. Leftists!
Trump had all the right enemies.
that was his only redeeming quality.
Trump speaks some words of truth every day: “Good day”, “the”, “and” and “.”
The rest are lies.
What exactly does the 🍊 really mean when he bids good day?
I heard the Good Day line on a podcast, but yeah, you are correct, when he says “Good Day” he is lying too.
The world watches the Mad Emperor with shock. Trump is now like the villain in a Bond movie.