Suddenly, it seems the US is afraid of war and the higher oil prices that would come.
‘Below the Threshold’ for Restarting War
Iran attacked the UAE, US ships, and is laying mines. However, Pentagon Says Iran’s Actions ‘Below the Threshold’ for Restarting War
The United Arab Emirates said it was intercepting new attacks from Iran hours after a Pentagon briefing in which the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, said Iran’s military actions didn’t rise to the level of restarting the war.
U.S. officials sought to play down the events of the past 24 hours, including Iran’s targeting of American warships and attacks on other vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s neighbors. The acts tested the shaky four-week cease-fire and prompted threats from each side toward the other.
Iran Placed Mines in the Strait of Hormuz During Cease-Fire, Pentagon Says
Iran placed sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz during the cease-fire that began April 7, according to information released by the Pentagon. The regime dropped additional mines in the strategic waterway on April 23, according to a chart shown by Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine during a Tuesday briefing.
Iran had already placed a small number of mines in the strait at the start of the conflict, U.S. officials said. The mines don’t have to be removed for commercial ships to transit the waterway; instead, the ships can maneuver around the mines, the officials said. However, without removing the mines, the amount of traffic that can move through the strait is severely limited, according to a congressional aide briefed on the issue.
Trump: ‘I Don’t Want to’ Kill More Iranians
President Trump said Iran should do “the smart thing” and make a deal because he doesn’t want to kill more Iranian people in a renewed war. “We don’t want to go in and kill people, I don’t want to. I don’t want to. It’s too tough,” he said at the White House. “They should wave the white the flag, the white flag of surrender.”
Trump Hints Again He May Send Weapons to Iranian People
President Trump continued to hint that he is considering arming Iranian citizens to help them protest against the regime, even though some U.S. officials and analysts question the feasibility of such a plan.
Trump refused to answer Tuesday when asked directly at the White House if he planned to arm Iranians, but he said “they don’t have any guns,” adding: “the only reason is they want to protest so badly.” Trump floated the same idea in a Monday interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, though he has never committed to sending weapons meant for Iranian people.
GPS Signal Jamming Leaves Ships ‘Sailing Blind’ Around Hormuz
Seafarers trapped in the Persian Gulf said that intense electronic interference in the region in recent hours had rendered their onboard navigation systems useless, as attacks resumed in the Strait of Hormuz.
Without reliable and accurate navigation systems, ships can’t see each other, or even locate themselves, on electronic charts, meaning they are effectively sailing blind. Radar still works but is a much more challenging way to navigate. GPS automatically updates a ship’s location, whereas using only radar leaves the person at the helm to constantly track the ship’s position manually and anticipate the intentions of other vessels. Radar also doesn’t show the names of other ships, making communication, coordination, and maneuvering to avoid collisions extremely challenging.
Ceasefire Is Not Over
Reuters reports Ceasefire with Iran is not over, Pentagon’s Hegseth says
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that the ceasefire with Iran was not over, even as the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Gulf as they wrestled for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Hegseth said the U.S. had successfully secured a path through the critical waterway and that hundreds of commercial ships were lining up to pass through, as Washington seeks to break a chokehold Iran has asserted on the Strait of Hormuz since the conflict began on February 28.
Several merchant ships in the Gulf reported explosions or fires on Monday, the first day of the operation.
General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Iran attacked Oman once on Monday and waged three attacks on the United Arab Emirates, before adding that, at least so far, “today is quieter.”
Caine said that since the ceasefire was announced on April 7, Iran had fired at commercial vessels nine times and seized two container ships. Iran has attacked U.S. forces more than 10 times, he added.
However, the attacks fell “below the threshold of restarting major combat operations at this point,” Caine told reporters.
Asked whether the ceasefire with Iran still held, Hegseth said: “No, the ceasefire is not over.”
The Huge Significance of Two
As of early May 2026, reports indicate that between 1,550 and 2,000 vessels are trapped or stranded in the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz, with up to 20,000 seafarers affected.
MAGA clown are bragging that the US guided two ships through.
At this rate it will only take 1,000 days to guide the ships through.
Read Between the Lies
Massive gaslighting and lies. Trump tries to downplay $102 oil on the basis he expected $250 or $300.
Bragging about $102 oil does nothing but make him look like an idiot.
I think that clip will make a great ad campaign for the midterm elections.
Trump’s Cognitive Tests
On Giving Iranians Weapons
Trump Tells Kids “Iran Two Weeks from Killing You”
Iran was simultaneously two weeks away from a nuclear weapon despite the fact we totally destroyed their ability to make a weapon.
Some may think this makes no sense, but in 5D Wonderland it makes perfect sense.
A Slight Correction
Hilarious Video of Trump’s Truth Social Posts
Yesterday, MAGA proclaimed on X that Trump goaded Iran into attacking so we could hit back.
Today there was strange silence. I expected some 5D explanation as to why this was brilliant.
Trump is stuck in a waiting game he cannot win.
Oil is down a bit today, with WTIC at $102.45 as I type. However, there is much more up coming if the blockade continues.
Trump Springs to Action, Begs South Korea for Help
Yesterday, I noted Trump Springs to Action, Begs South Korea for Help
Today, Iran attacked the UAE. Trump’s response is to plead for help from South Korea.
Today we see a ceasefire is still in effect.
The moron just Taco’d…..again. Maybe he never stopped from last time…. Anyway Project freedom has apparently been captured and shot. I think he should stick to checkers or go fish.
North Korea is run by a crazy child. He has never used one of his nukes, but somehow, it’s a lock that Iran would? Lol. All this abject stupidity over this completely idiotic notion it’s guaranteed Iran would use nukes if it ever were to get them. Unlike, I guess, the perfectly rational North Koreans, the Red Chinese, the Pakistanis who were hiding bin Laden, and the shoe pounding ” We will bury you” Khrushchev. Somehow Marco “The Idiot” Rubio knows Iran would use its nuke. We are committing an Act of War against a lot of countries, and some of them have nukes.
Oil price is down and South Korea’s Kospi just hit a new high based on Trump pausing Project Freedom to allow negotiations to proceed. Trump is amazingly skilled at market manipulation.
The resulting volatility is great for nimble traders. Every time Trump successfully talks down oil prices it’s another opportunity to buy the dip. When reality hits and oil prices rise again, sell the rip. Repeat.
Congress won’t approve of military action until they have placed their inside trades on oil.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5811770/iran-war-updates
“President Trump said on Tuesday evening that he is pausing the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to allow time for a deal to end the Iran war, but that the American forces’ blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place.”
Remember the US govt has denied being attacked by Iran in the last 48hrs.
“Trump said the move was based “on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that we have had during the Campaign against the Country of Iran and, additionally, the fact that Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran.”
If this was true why the attacks on the UAE?
This smells and to me shows fear on the part of Trump to escort ships out because they know they’ll get attacked.
Simmer and stew beware the month of june.
Shirley The Best Ceasefire Ever will soon be rebranded as Word War Won and Done.
Doesn’t matter as taco makes up his own rules and no one in power has the guts to challenge his ill-fated and often, illegal, activities.
The last two months of Trump’s behavior has been like living with Grandpa while Alzheimers eats his brain. The scattered, inconsistent thought process, memories detached from reality, inability to stay on topic, episodes of violent rage, are all consistent with advancing dementia.
How much more evidence is needed? Who is going to take away grandpa’s keys? In this case its not the old Buick, but the nuclear suitcase. Certainly, no one in the MAGA Administration has the stones to confront the old man with the 25th Amendment.
Its a long time until January, when a Democratic Congress can begin some oversight, and try to limit the damage.
During today’s Oval Office visit with a group of children surrounding Trump after he announced the return of the Presidential Fitness Test, the unhinged president launched into disgusting and despicable tangents against the Trans community.
At the same time, he attacked President Barack Obama, Iran, nuclear weapons, voting rights, election fraud nonsense, the Save Act, and golfing — most of which they were too young to understand.
Trump’s insanity was highlighted by his attacks on the trans community.
Donald J. Trump, 79, just sat there, with his eyes shut, while failed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon lectured about how you need to “eat well and exercise” for a “sound mind,” clearly things that the president lacks.
Iran says UAE is not part of the ceasefire as Israel invaded and occupied parts of Lebanon while a ceasefire was in effect.
Iran to continue its bombing campaign against Emirati oil infrastructure, as UAE is no longer a member of OPEC.
UAE quit OPEC following Donald Trump’s advice.
UAE President MBZ spoke today with Benjamin Netanyahu.
MBZ is in the Epstein files. Sounds like he shares Epstein and Trump’s tastes.
UAE is the only Persian Gulf country that supports Iran regime change along with Israel and the US. Iran considers any country siding with Israel as a target.
Trump is now “pausing” Project Freedom”. That was a fast TACO!
NACHO rules!
Translation: the escort idea was a total, abject failure, which anyone minimally informed on the crisis could predict, but I have to save face. Another self-imposed strategic defeat for the US. MAGA!
I think that makes Trump a ‘Nacho, Nacho Man’!
Maybe we need a Village People musical interlude.
Its is Tuesday after all!!
TACO,TACO, TACO Tuesday!
Never fails. BS sunday night/monday morning then by Tuesday its ground beef, cheese, and a corn shell
Ha ha, very true!
What about planes ? Refueling ones ?
meanwhile: As this is a shocker According to the Miami Herald, the deal to rename Palm Beach International Airport after Donald Trump is packed with perks for Trump’s business.
Under the tentative agreement:
• Airport stores would be forced to buy branded merchandise only from Trump-approved retailers
• Trump’s company gets control over who manufactures those products
• Trump gets veto power over how his biography is presented in airport materials
• And thanks to a loophole, Trump-linked entities could still profit off airport-branded merchandise sold off-site
You forgot that the airport will have to pay Trump a licensing fee for using his name.
Well seems like king Ashurbanipal strikes again…..
This is backward. Usually the company pays for the branding.
You would figure this brand would have to pay extra. Miami Airport is now a no-go fly zone lol.
This is funny https://x.com/i/status/2051688854890135913
Amazing how you managed to get such clear video footage of that!
When are the citizens and particularly Congressmen/women (especially Republican) ones going to wake up and find a way to get this madman out of office?
A few points for discussion.
Apparently (and stupidly) not unwilling. Many military air transports have been reported with signs that we’ve been reloading for another round. Renewed attacks on Iran are expected in the next few days.
We will see. I would not be surprised by a short and swift attack. I certainly don’t expect a month long campaign with many thousands of our armaments being used. That would leave us with very little.
Regardless. Iran will not capitulate, no matter how we hit them militarily. It’s a waste of our resources. It will come down to negotiations. And they will not be quick. It will take months of negotiations. And Iran will likely end up in a better position when it is all over.
What a waste of time and effort.
I hope you make better investment decisions than the poor Iran analysis you flaunt here.
If you had bought my recommendations in the last year, you would know. Apparently you didn’t and missed out on some amazing gains.
Agree.
“Regardless. Iran will not capitulate, no matter how we hit them militarily.”
This is the key. This war is an existential threat for Iran, there is no way they are going to give up. They are going to fight Trump’s promise to end their civilization with every last breath.
No place to run.
No place to hide.
Most of all, surrendering is suicide.
Bullied for 47+years. Economy has been shattered.
Were killed as their will.
Only one choice left – fight back till the end this time however
the enemy is too powerful.
You have to kill all to win like Israel flattening and killing in GAZA.
They are probably out of jet fuel.
I’m hearing the same thing. I hope it’s not true.
Munitions factories are running 24×7 in the US producing for the next phase.
What legal right does Iran have to close an international waterway and to attack commercial ships in said waterway? This was a point that Rubio harped on repeatedly. Your counter?
It will take a long time to replace what we used up already in Iran.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/munitions-used-against-iran-take-years-replace-huge-pentagon-weapons-budget/
BTW, I’m old enough to remember when the Strait of Hormuz allowed ships to pass freely
lolz
I hope y’all are watching Rubio’s WH presser right now. He is hitting a lot of good points that you dummies could learn from.
They’re so good you couldn’t even bother repeating them lol
I took cliff notes:
Illiterates have to help themselves.
Why the U.S. Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Can’t Turn the Tide in the War Against Iran
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/why-us-dark-eagle-hypersonic-cant-war-iran
Did he say Operation Fury is over because we ran out of munitions?
He said a government that shoots peaceful protesters in the head lacks legitimacy
I guess he really didn’t really mean to bring up the record of ICE in MN
President Trump announced on Tuesday evening that he was pausing the day-old U.S. operation to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz “for a short period of time,” citing what he said was “great progress” toward an agreement with Iran.
His announcement, in a social media post, came only hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio asserted that the United States had concluded combat operations against Iran and was fully focused on the new mission. Only three commercial ships have managed to make it through the strait since the United States began the operation,Project Freedom, on Monday.
Poor Rubio
My guess this is NOW about China and the meeting that’s gonna happening this month between Xi and Trump. I belive Trump is using Iran as a card to play in the trade deal talks coming up.
Should China not give what Trump wants Trump is likely to cut Iranian oil flows to China for the foreseeable future.
Do remember also that Iran gave the US till the end of this month to get out of dodge or Iran will start targeting everyone in the region, including Israel and the US.
I expect this situation to stew and simmer till either we get some seriously credible news from the meeting with China (no doubt Trump will spin it as America won in the trade deal when it didn’t) or bombing starts next month (and if it does it will be a sure sign that America didn’t get what it wanted from China).
Will China bend to Trump? It’s hard to belive they would given the Chinese govt told it’s refineries and banks to ignore US sanctions. Also given the reports of how American stockpiles are for ammunition and missiles; why wouldn’t China keep suppoting and telling Iran to keep up the resistance to fully deplete these stockpiles? Doing so leaves Taiwan open for the taking.
If I was Iran I would sell China oil to be delivered in December(after the mid terms) at a deep discount payable today.
Trump’s trip to China will be cancelled. It will be too embarrassing for him to go.
It is amazing that Xi gives audience to him
Trump wants you to know that he ran crude up from $60 to $100+, i.e. more than 2/3 or 65%, and he says you are paying a small price (for his ego’s constant satisfaction.)
Please note it is TACO Tuesday. Happy Cinco de Mayo.
He’s such a limp disappointment.
So far only 2 ships, and the transit was not peaceful. The U.S. Navy reportedly had to fend off a barrage of Iranian missiles, drones, and small boats during the passage. Another problem is that Iranian capabilities for GPS jamming and spoofing appear to have increased dramatically, which may be what caused problems for two US planes today. So even if merchant vessels want to try to make a transit, they can’t do it on their own, since they can’t rely on GPS anymore to know where they are. They have to “shadow” US navy ships. Captains have also been told to use such sophisticated techniques as visual bearing and dead reckoning to navigate. How can these clowns brag about something like this as being a solution to anything?
No wonder Trump is so scared of war
Imagine that you are part of the 37% that still sees the Chief Pedophile of the United States as your Messiah. This serial rapist was mentioned over 30,000 times in the Epstein Mossad files. So that explains everything.
They voted for the child rapist. Can’t pull out now
Just the Epstein Files we know of.
You can bet your last shekel that we have not yet seen any of the really spicy stuff.
So let’s go back to a government of unknown people, apparently directed and managed by a blackmail operation. Who will be the new Jeffrey Epstein?
Well there are 991 days left in Trump administration unless he croaks or gets impeached.
And how much did it cost to get those ships through? what’s the burn rate on the US Navy hanging around the Straits?
I know what everyone is thinking, what’s next….well…..
Do worry, Trump will find a way to make things even worse.™
Man if I was Iran I’d be really shocked at how easy this was. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, says “peace through strength” like when you can just attack us flagged ships with zero response. We aren’t a joke anymore, we’re a full fledged comedy special airing world wide.
A nation $40 trillion in debt, 80 million socialist geezers, depleted of munitions, alienating suppliers (China), alienating financiers (Japan/Europe), tariff mongering, bullying and threatening (Greenland, Canada, Venezuela, Cuba) hints at what is really happening. But we got crypto bros and AI!
Eventually it will all click, got exit strategy?
It’s time to choose the national laugh track.
Iran is now saying that they were not responsible for the attacks on the UAE.
“The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have not carried out any missile or drone operations against the UAE in the past few days.”
Are they confused?
Spreading disinformation?
False flag attack by Israel?
More questions than answers
You forgot to add to your list:
Iran lying?
That goes without saying – for both sides. Truth is the first casualty of war, as it was so adroitly put a long time ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-21510,00.html
Given their decentralized command structure, they probably don’t KNOW what they are doing.
Wrong. Iran’s successful attack patterns since Feb 28, while decentralized, suggest a high degree of planning and sophistication. They have precisely hit a variety of high-value strategic targets, progressively blinding U.S./Israel to successive waves of attacks. Anyone suggesting THEY don’t know what they are doing are trying to draw attention away from the fact that WE don’t seem to know what the heck we are doing.
Iran is probably telling the truth here, and my bet would be a false flag attack. If you pay attention to how Iran communicates, they directly warn of consequences and then when we do the thing they warned against, retribution arrives quickly, sometimes in less than an hour. Israel and the U.S. warhawks do not want peaceful resolution, but chaos and death.
“Confused and fragmented” is part of the current narrative. Some people desperately want us (and especially Donald) to believe that Iran leadership is in disarray, and a sign that we can win this if we go another round.
Lying in the face of lies. Who knows?
You’re reposting Jimmy Kimmel videos? Bottom of the barrel.
What about that video do you not like?
The parts that hurt his feelings by pointing out that he’s a dumbass.
There are THREE videos of Trump and one of Kimmel yet you focus on Kimmel. Kimmel derangement syndrome?
A side note from my Gen X and Boomer friends. This war is just a side show to them. They think Trump is funny and Trump is Trump. Kimmel is Kimmel. They are just both people trying to drawn in views.
It would not surprise me if some of the bickering is even staged between Trump and Kimmel teams. Trump used to say all publicity is good publicity if it gets people to talk about you. Kimmel is a tool and an entertainer. His ratings go up when Trump is in office. Most Americans are gullible and would listen to Kimmel over a person who has a PHd ….etc.
Anyway….I bet Team Kimmel were glad Trump was elected again. His rating dropped from 2.2 million in 2017 to 1.5 million in 2021 because Biden was never doing press conferences…etc. Ratings are back up 22% to 1.91 million after trump was elected.
Trump being elected is good for Kimmel and Kimmel knows this. 😂
People need to listen to the Aaron McGruder interview. Most of the time
before entertainers put political stuff on a show, the network executives call the white house first to get approval.
Aaron McGruder – Defining Image – 2003 🖤🤘🏻
Skip to 11:00
Need a safe space, snowflake?
True, but it literally was Kimmel just reposting Trump’s Truth Social Post (with a smidgen of commentary).
Jimmy Kimmel was suspended indefinitely by ABC after making controversial comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which he described as being exploited for political gain. His remarks drew significant backlash, leading to the decision to pull his show from the air.