“Living Hell for Crazy Bastards” may be postponed.
Link to Praise Be to Allah image. I added the blue text.
Trump Goes Stark Raving Mad on Truth Social
The background for this post is my post from earlier today.
In case you missed it, please see A Totally Deranged Trump Goes Stark Raving Mad on Truth Social
“Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
Key Points
- Trump is mentally unstable. He is obviously not in control of his emotions, and is angry not just at Iran, but the entire world.
- For the last two weeks he has alternated from not caring if the strait is open to saying the strait was the world’s problem not his and threatening.
- Trump has many times stated negotiations with Iran were going well. Iran denies and allies confirm there are no negotiations at all.
- Despite not caring if the strait is open and it’s not his problem, Trump now says “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
- Trump has also alternated between calling this a war and an excursion. In a recent reply to a reporter, he stated “It’s an excursion that will save us from war, and the war will be, uh, for them, it’s a war. For us, it turned out to be easier than we thought.”
- Trump has several times claimed the war is over but Iran does not know it yet.
- “A regime change has occurred.” And “We have a regime change nobody thought was possible,” said Trump.
- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is on a crusade leading services at the Pentagon with ministers praising Trump as being appointed by God and wishing destruction of Iran.
- Allies tell Trump to go to hell (figuratively)
Tonight we have news of an unlikely deal. If, not the usual Armageddon threats apply.
Trump Threatens “I am blowing up everything”
Axios reports Iran deal possible by Tues., otherwise “I am blowing up everything”
President Trump claimed in an interview with Axios that the U.S. is “in deep negotiations” with Iran and that a deal can be reached before his deadline expires on Tuesday.
- “There is a good chance, but if they don’t make a deal, I am blowing up everything over there,” he said.
Why it matters: The mediators are less optimistic that a deal is close but say they will work to the last minute to reach at least a partial agreement to delay Trump’s ultimatum. Trump has threatened to destroy infrastructure that is vital to Iranian civilians if he is unable to reach a deal with their leaders.
- Such attacks could constitute war crimes, and Iran has threatened to retaliate with attacks against infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf states.
- Asked by Axios whether he worried he would be harming innocent Iranian civilians, Trump said he thinks civilians who oppose their government would support such strikes to weaken the regime. “They are living in fear. They are afraid we are gonna leave in the middle of the war, but we are not going to leave,” Trump said.
- Over the last ten days, the U.S. and Iran have held indirect negotiations through Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey to try to reach a ceasefire deal in return for opening the Strait of Hormuz. No significant progress has been made.
State of play: In an 8-minute phone call, Trump told Axios his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are holding intense negotiations with the Iranians.
Two sources briefed on the mediation efforts said the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey are trying to reach a package of confidence-building measures that could lead to an extension of Trump’s ultimatum and get the parties closer to a meeting.
The Counter-Threat
“All Hell Will Rein Down” Iran Progress to Date
“Negotiations Are Going Extremely Well” with “Defenseless Iran“, thanks to a “Regime Change” that “No One Thought Possible“. Unfortunately, we need to “Bomb Iran Back to the Stone Age” anyway. So, in 48 hours “All Hell Will Rein Down” on Iran to “End the War that Is Already Over“, in “Four to Six Weeks” that has now lasted 5 weeks already, and was initially expected to be over in days, and has been declared “Over” many times. This is necessary because defenseless “Iran Doesn’t Realize the War is Over”. Best of all, please don’t forget “When Oil Prices Go Up, We Make Lots of Money.“ “Glory be to GOD!” and “Praise Be to Allah!”
Everything in bold is an actual quote from Trump.
I posted that yesterday in Trump Threatens to Escalate Iran War, Says ‘Hell Will Rein Down’
Did Trump mean rain or rein? Who knows, but Hell is coming.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, and the sycophants surrounding Trump goaded Trump into this asinine war.
In case you didn’t know, Trump’s own top general and Secretary of Defense told Trump in his first term that Iran was honoring terms of Obama’s nuclear deal.
What If Iran Just Honored Obama’s Nuclear Deal? Would We Be at War?
On March 25, 2026, I commented What If Iran Just Honored Obama’s Nuclear Deal? Would We Be at War?
Trump’s First Term Flashback
- Trump’s US State Department: Iran honoring the terms.
- Trump’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Iran honoring the terms.
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Iran honoring the terms.
- Arms Control Association: Iran honoring the terms.
- All US European allies: Iran honoring the terms.
- Every other signee of the accord: Iran honoring the terms.
- Trump’s top general Gen. Joseph Dunford: Iran honoring the terms.
- Trump’s Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis: Iran was complying with the terms of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal
Points 7 and 8 above are in recorded testimony to Congress. It’s undeniable.
So, why should Iran believe any deal Trump offers? Why should any nation believe any Trump deal?
They shouldn’t and don’t.
Will Living Hell for Crazy Bastards Be Postponed?
That’s the question of the day. Any bets?
Great powers do not balance geo-politically against intentions but capabilities.
The US bombing campaign is going out of its way to impact the intellectual infrastructure of Iran. The prelude to this is the decades long assassination and sabotage of physicists and research stations
Today they are bombing universities, research centers, pharmaceutical research & plants, hospitals, schools, electrical generations, steel mills, even under construction bridges that are not yet viable (pre-empting any dual-use justification). Disregard all the BS and narratives about Iran, the mullahs, nuclear bombs — Iran is the last sovereign in the Middle East, and they are out to destroy Iran as an entity.
The whole campaign against evil Russia and China are of the same cloth.
The Wolfowitz doctrine targets any potential competitor to US full spectrum global dominance … moral or political considerations, democracy, authoritarianism, etc., has nothing to do with it. It’s about destroying competing competence & ability.
Hi Mish
In the name of reporting accuracy I think you should make those maga hats in your illustration into dunce caps.
The Christian west has battled the Islamist cult for thousands of years. Nothing has changed except uneducated western politicians who have invited the threat into their countries except for Hungary. Islam is a political cult wrapped in a pseudo religion.
No other religion agressively forces the spread of thier beliefs to others under threat of death.
I struggle to see what is “Christian” about the West today. There’s an interesting video by Tucker Carlson that shows the supposedly “Christian” claims of the current American government are fraudulent. It has nothing to do with Christianity, perhaps with heretical sects of the Middle Ages.
Christianity is a political cult wrapped in pseudo religion. Also, Christian state armies have threatened non-Christians with death if they refused to convert to Christianity.
You clearly have not studied the history of christianity. Two millennia of killing people because they are not, or the “wrong” sort of, Christian.
William you apparently skipped the entire history classes covering Christianity’s expansionist wars. Below is a quick review for you.
Key Historical Christian Conflicts
We are talking
TODAY silly man
Oddly enough, I have NEVER had anyone come to my door to tell me about Islam but I do get a never ending stream of Mormons, Baptists, Catholics and other denominations wanting to tell me all about “Jesus.”
Interestingly, they all tell me the other group is wrong and they are right.
All of North Africa and the Levant was Christian until the 6th century, when Mohamed and his not so merry men came about knocking on doors with the butt of their scimitars.
Are we talking about 6th century or now? I get visits yearly from Christians never Muslims. Maybe everyone should just mind their own business.
I long for the day someone comes to my door to talk about profits.
All fundamentalists are equally bad, including yourself.
No religion holds a monopoly on violence.
Bullshit. Top to bottom.
Try again.
William, I agree with you much more than most here. Islam started off violently and expanded far more violently than did Christianity. At this point, though, it’s the Israelis who have been killing Christians in the West Bank, Gaza, Syria and Lebanon. There have been Christian communities throughout the Middle East for centuries, so clearly they’d been able to make an accommodation with Muslims, even if they had dhimmi status.
Remember the words of Jesus: (Luke 14:31-32): “What king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?
But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.”
Trump started a war he can’t win. Anyone who’d been paying attention at all knew there was no way he could subdue a large, mountainous country with a highly educated population of 92 million and a missile arsenal that provably overwhelmed Israel’s missile defense in 2025.
The Spanish Inquisition ring any bells?
Do you know the Christian West barely attends religious services? In America, it was discovered through gps tracking of phones, that only 5% of America’s so-called Christians attend services regularly. Only the prosperity gospel Evangelical Christian’s are doing moderately better…just enough to make people like Paula White and Joel Olsteen epically rich. They are all criminals. You don’t need religion to be a decent person. If you do, well go to your church and pray for your soul.
I am a scientist. I was brought up in a Christian household and “believed” in the tenant… until I became educated.
I could go on, for many pages, why religious beliefs are exactly that – “beliefs”, and nothing more. They are beliefs not based on current knowledge based in science, but most persons will not understand. Why, because they have an incomplete education.
The world is about 4.54 BILLION years old (based on the decay constants of uranium and thorium, plus or minus 50 million years). How long have humanoids (animals that walk upright and have two arms and two legs):
There are different absolute age ranges for those numbers above, but it actually relates to the size of the volume of the human brain cavity (the larger = the more intelligent). Personally, I question the cavity space of “believers” but I will go into that – it also has to do with acquisition of a scientific base of knowledge.
Scientific knowledge is learned from study of events that test hypothesis, and, objective assessments of factual results of that resultant testing. (A side note: of ALL the images of USOs, not one (NOT ONE of thousands) of the images is a detailed image… NOT ONE).
In our galaxy (the Milky Way),there are about 20-50% of stars (like the sun) that may have planets that exist within the “habitable zone” like Earth… in our galaxy!
There are an estimated 2 trillion galaxies believed to exist in the observable universe! Do the math!
Humans have only inhabited the Earth for ~50,000 years. We are a snap in time compared to evolution… only one snap in time. Neanderthal existed up to 40,000 years ago, then died out. Your linage is about 1/3rd of that time…
We are a snap in geological time, and we, like millions of other species, will last for only some time…a short time.
Show me any scientist that believes in God, and I will show you a liar or a hypocrite! There are no exceptions. NONE!
DONALD TRUMP LAST WEEK: “We don’t need the Strait of Hormuz!”
DONALD TRUMP THIS WEEK: “OMG! OMG! Open the Strait of Hormuz or we will commit war crimes on you!!!!!!!!”
Israel deserves what is coming. It keeps poking the bear. Israel Attacks Petrochemical Plant At South Pars Gas Field.
cry more, sonny.
Trump is using his real estate mob tactics against an asymmetrically committed opponent like Iran, which makes no sense from the point of view of game theory. Somebody in the Trump administration must have a brain and a willingness to tell him that what works in the New York real estate market doesn’t work in the Middle East.
Trump Says Americans Opposed To Iran War Are ‘Foolish’
See that, boys. Bone Spurs Orange J#wlius Satan Yahoo Moloch Trumpenstein Hasbara, member of the Epstein Class and President of the Epstein Empire and Bibi’s b#tch, says you are foolish!
Got that 1040 done with your big income tax payment to the Epstein Class in?
Never forget, your rulers view you, your kids and grand kids as nothing but shabbat g0yim tax livestock and cannon fodder.
Your rulers are not just corrupt, they are evil.
now now, they also view us as thier rubber fck dolls.
There is a difference between living in fear and being so desperate to pick up arms and a gun and fight.
You need someone with a vision a leader ( you know the lindsey / trump bibi type but willing to put his and family life on the line) to sway young minds
And guns. Guns help.
It is clear to everyone but them that Trump has gone full derangement? Where is the Congressional Leadership on this?
“Weak as water, the whole lot of them.” Mrs. Slocum
Congressional leadership? You mean like Mike “spineless” Johnson? He’s not going to do a thing.
He will TACO.
The real variable here is how far people will tolerate this insanity. One person, one event, can cause an exponential cascade.
You cannot control chaos.
If you want to experience “living hell” let Iran obtain a nuclear weapon.
Or just visit Gaza, no nuke needed.
that’s the price for starting wars with someone stronger. cry more.
another mo11ron w/ single digit IQ who thinks world was created 10 years ago!
USSR ‘s official ideology to destroy capitalism!
USSR HAD enormous stash of nuclear weaponry, probably 10x time than USA or Russia now
and yet, nobody did nothing! you know why !
Google words: deterrence and mutual destruction , mor11on
alx
Exactly why, in specific terms, does mutually assured destruction – everybody in your country will die including each of you – apply to Pakistan, etc. and not to Iran?
what would happen if Iran had a nuclear weapon? And, how do we know that they don’t have one already?
Everyone Here agrees that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. The point is that, if anything, the Trump attacks make it more likely they’ll get one. At best they don’t make a difference on that front while causing massive damage elsewhere, to anyone.
Downvotes? This is the point, what would make the Iranians more determined to build a nuke than what’s happening now? They know they can’t trust _any_ negotiation the US engages in. I was going to say, as long as Trump is president but that isn’t even true as any treaty or agreement they’ll think they made with the US will be torn up when the next MAGA president gets in. As Mao said, power grows out of the barrel of a gun and that’s the only only language Tel Aviv and Washington understand.
Downvotes? This is the point, what would make the Iranians more determined to build a nuke than what’s happening now? They know they can’t trust _any_ negotiation the US engages in. I was going to say, as long as Trump is president but that isn’t even true as any treaty or agreement they’ll think they made with the US will be torn up when the next MAGA president gets in. As Mao said, power grows out of the barrel of a gun and that’s the only only language Tel Aviv and Washington understand. It’ll be a living hell for Israel since they’re smaller and Iran will need fewer nukes to wipe them off the map. In return Iran suffers Israeli nuclear retaliation. Will Iran smuggle a few nukes into the US? What harm will the US do Iran after the remaining Israeli forces use up their nukes? After all, we do want the oil so we can’t afford to let to much damage occur.
I suggest that “They know they can’t trust _any_ negotiation the US engages in”… be replaced with: They know they can’t trust _any_ negotiation “that Trump engages in“.
We all know that Trump is greatest liar of the 21st Century… bar none!
“Obliterate” is the longest sting of letters in a word that he has only recently become familiar with, Check it out… Hegseth past the word to Trump, but only after he got the spelling down from one of his military guys.
Maybe a few well-placed nukes would solve one of the largest problems in the world… stellarize the entire area for the next 20,000 years! By that time there will nothing to concern ourselves with. Humanity cannot last that long from now anyway.
I see the ingredients for a TACO!
Just because Iran allegedly abided by the nuclear agreement doesn’t mean Iran still did not pose a threat. Let’s not forget how Iran is the biggest sponsor of terrorism in the world these days and as a country continues to support various terrorist groups in an effort to destabilize the middle east and their neighbors who happen to be our allies and are whom these countries are also part of US led defensive security alliance in the region.
But the curious thing is that oil, ships, fertilizer, etc was flowing fine through the straits before all this nonsense started and now oil infrastructure is being destroyed all over the place AFTER the US and Israel decided to “fix” the problem. What exactly was destabilized before this war started?
I’d like to have it back the way it was, it’s better for profits that way.
If terrorism was Iran’s first choice to advance its objectives, why didn’t they resort to terrorism when one of their passenger planes was shot down by a US Navy ship in 1987?
never talk to crazy people, or bots aka linux process!
They cut and paste the bullshit right into your brain!
I think you are grasping at straws. Were they a threat to the US? Since when does Trump care about his allies or anyone other than rich Americans.
Let’s not forget how Iran is the biggest sponsor of terrorism in the world
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dave, it happened again. your brains (lack of ) are upside again !
biggest sponsor is USA
JUST Google how many countries USA bombed after ww2
gfy, will you?
AI is so helpful these days
The US has been involved in numerous regime changes, some directly attributed to the CIA, particularly during the Cold War era from the 1950s onward. CIA-induced regime changes typically involved covert operations like coups, propaganda, and support for opposition forces, often targeting perceived communist threats. These actions are documented in declassified records and historical analyses.
Key CIA-Induced Regime Changes (Post-1945)These are prominent examples where declassified documents confirm CIA orchestration or major support:
Studies note 64-72 US covert regime change attempts during the Cold War, many CIA-led, often against democracies.
Countries Bombed by the US (1925-2026)US aerial campaigns span WWII, Cold War conflicts, and post-9/11 operations, including direct bombings, drones, and missiles. Here’s a compiled list from historical records:
Country Key Periods
China 1945-46, 1950-53
Korea (North) 1950-53
Guatemala 1954
Vietnam 1965-73
Laos 1964-73
Cambodia 1969-73
Iraq 1991, 1993, 1998, 2003-11, 2014+
Afghanistan 1998, 2001-21
Libya 1986, 2011
Syria 2014+, 2025
Somalia 1993, 2007+, 2025
Yemen Ongoing since 2002
Iran 1987-88, 2025-26
Venezuela 2025-26
This excludes WWII bombings (e.g., Japan, Germany) as they predate 100 years ago but notes over 30 countries total since 1945. Recent actions under President Trump include strikes in multiple nations in 2025
“Let’s not forget how Iran is the biggest sponsor of terrorism in the world these days” Says who?
Who is killing Cubans with an oil embargo right now which is causing blackouts at Hospitals? Who is assassinating leaders of other countries right now? Who has recently kidnapped leaders of a foreign country recently? Who bombs more medics and practices double tap strikes to kill the medics? Which country targets doctors and journalist the most? Who is currently bombing schools, universities and hospitals right now? Who has committed genocide in the past year?
The answer to all the above is a combination of USA and Israel. All that is terror.
Who’s recent attacks had destabilized the middle east? The USA has been destabilizing the middle east for close to a century now.
I love my country, I’m also versed enough to know that we are not the good guys in a lot of instances. So lets not pretend that terrorism is something that only the other guys do.
The United States is no longer a country worthy of patriotism any more, and I say that as an American citizen. The US has devolved into a violent, gun-loving, death sowing terrorist state.
As a US Army veteran and native born citizen from native born parents and grand parents, I agree completely. Furthermore the United States will not be worthy of patriotism until the constitution is followed by the government, especially the separation of church and state.
Yeah, if you watch Foxnews this morning, there is nothing of this craziness, just rah rah patriotic stories of the rescue of the airman. Don’t want to let the rubes know how insane their cult leader is!
are you one of those that switches from fox to msnbc and calls it balanced?
you’re gonna have to hit the hash pipe a lot harder.
not really
Peace is at hand !!
or, not…
Israel says it has hit a major Iranian petrochemical site, which it claims produces half of Iran’s petrochemical output
Up the escalation ladder!
This is the best analysis of our situation with Iran that I have read:
The Mongols, Drones, and the Future of War – by Jay Martin
Good article but I don’t think technology is really the deciding factor. In Meso-America, 200 Spaniards conquered 3 million Inca. How?
The theory was that the Spaniards had superior technology with horses, armor and muskets but even 200 soldiers with AR-15’s can’t win against 3 million people.
The victory for the Spaniards was as simple as bringing the promise of “Jesus” and a better life over the endless misery of the dictator Inca leader “god” they served now. In a nutshell the people were miserable and weren’t willing to fight for the dictator so someone new comes along with a promise of something better and it’s “why not?”
The same thing happened again in the US with the election of a socialist Muslim mayor Mamdani. Did Mamdani win with superior technology or warfare? Nope, the people in NYC were miserable under stale policies that weren’t working for them so they chose change.
The Mongols must have offered something different and the people in all those cities/regions that were conquered must have been miserable or they would have fought harder for what they had.
The outcome of the Middle East will depend on who treats their people best…who defends them, who supports them, who enables them to succeed. The fact that 90m Iranians haven’t risen up to depose the “dictators” means they aren’t that miserable, at least not yet and perhaps Trump is trying to get them there but Iranian terrorists can inflict the same misery on Americans by taking out electric grid and blowing other stuff up, it’s a two-way street and you always have to be careful what you wish for these days.
The same holds true for China/Asia, if the Chinese can ever get around to letting people be free and they offer fully electrified economy then they could ultimately rule the world.
The Chinese do not want to rule the World, that’s a Western fallacy.
Ruling the World is a major liability, just read the historical record.
The Chinese want a smooth running and growing economy.
That’s why they graduate engineers instead of lawyers.
Iran is less than 600 miles from China. There is one country between the Chinese border and the Iranian border: Afghanistan. What are they doing in Afghanistan? Business.
Yep, and the Arab world is watching how the Israeli’s treat the Palestinians
The Mongols must have offered something different and the people in all those cities/regions that were conquered must have been miserable or they would have fought harder for what they had.
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Mongols never existed. it is all bs!.
there is no single mass grave of Mongols in European Russia, and it is easy to spot Mongolians by DNA!
The Mongols are like Trump…they will not last but for their barbarism.
The Americas were conquered with smallpox and other European diseases that wiped out millions. The armies could barely keep up as the diseases spread in front of them.
Nothing but complaining again today.
I’m goimg to stop waisting my time with Mish and his followers, and look for people that want to impeach and convict.
I guess I’ll keep “waisting” my time and keep reading Mish and make huge profits off all the informative news articles. Let us know where you find those impeachers….midterms in 211 days.
What makes you think that people here do not want to impeach and convict?
Hell, were I to be consulted, impeachment and conviction would be the least of Trump’s worries.
It’s entertainment. They all have pitched raging tents for the usual baddies, so it’s amusing to chill and watch the defcon 2 level meltdowns.
Goodbye, and good riddance Dave!
Impeachment is long overdue… The third time often wins!
I wonder if MAGA hats taste like blood?
Does blood taste exactly like snake oil?
If Trump blows up power plants in Iran, Americans better have their own power generators. It would be super easy for a small terrorist cell with a few drones to cripple the US electric infrastructure. Most of it operates as a hub/spoke model and you take out sections of it and it all collapses.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_power_transmission_grid
Most of the components to fix it will need to come from China because most of that stuff isn’t manufactured here. If China says no there’s no electricity for you.
A prudent investor might want to have OTM call options on generator companies just in case….nothing wrong with taking profits if the worst happens.
Alternatively, Got exit strategy?
No drones computer virus
3 prong attack. cyber, physical, emp, suffered or seen all
SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL: TEHRAN WILL NOT ACCEPT DEADLINES OR PRESSURE TO MAKE A DECISION
SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL: TEHRAN WILL NOT REOPEN STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN EXCHANGE FOR A ‘TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE’
SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL: TEHRAN BELIEVES THAT THE UNITED STATES LACKS READINESS FOR A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE
As a sane human, in a battle of Trump’s Ego vs Iran, I’m with Iran
Iran’s descendants have been around for ~6,000 years, how about your descendants?
First – the obvious comment that the Iranian regime does terrible things to its own people. (Although compare the religious nonsense with Hegseth’s crusader rhetoric!).
But it has acted externally in pretty rational ways:
Jonathan Powell (the UK Nat Security Advisor) who was present at the recent Witkoff/Kuschner talks reported that a deal was very much within reach. he is credited largely with the IRA decomissioning (so knows about this kind of thing).
To me it looks like Iran was ready, and could have started its return from the cold. Something that the right in Israel (and so by extension it appears Trump) could not let happen.
=nt that the Iranian regime does terrible things to its own people.
wake me up WHEN THEY KILL 50 MIL OF BLaCKS AS USA gov DID!
of 100 mil of indains in India like brits did!
And 1/2 of the Native American population!
lol, welcome to the latest expert on Iran. I’m sure you’re a native Farsi speaker, have been many times and understand the history of the region so you can speak from knowledge.
Just finish your bong hit.
Iran will not accept a deal where Iran can be attacked by the US and Israel without any clear pretext.
Who will monitor and restrain Iran, Israel and the US? Who can trust any of those parties?
No end in sight.
Iran will need the protection of a superpower, to protect it from the U.S. and Israel.
That would be China. That would set up a deterrence similar to the old MAD setup, which worked for decades.
Maybe have China station tactical nuclear weapons in Iran that are required to be used against Israel in the event of Israeli or American aggression.
That would work.
The US is no longer the good guys – we’re a “rogue” nation that needs to be deterred against. That is what Iran is saying right now.
They are correct.
lol, another expert enters the arena.
It’s absolutely amazing to me how so many people can still support this a-hole after Feb 28. The guy is completely unhinged and schizophrenic. Yet many of my friends still parrot the “we had to do this cause they were building a nuclear bomb” trope
January 6 should have been enough.
6 bankruptcies should have disqualified him for The Apprentice…
Epstein Fury restitution should strip him of all assets and the proceeds sent to tend the medical needs of .01% his victims.
The escalator ride with the paid for crowd should’ve been enough. This has been obvious the very beginning.
His birtherism BS should have been more than enough
yeah it’s nuts. they also reiterate things from decades ago like the hostage crisis as if they’ve been thinking about that everyday for decades.
or how bad the regime is to its own people, as if they gave one crap about Iranians, much less how bombing everything to the ground helps everyday iranians.
it’s obvious they’re just parritung what the admin spews at them.
lol, keep sobbing.
While the precise nature of the negotiations is unclear, Axios reported that Pakistani, Egyptian and Turkish mediators are at the center of the conversations, and that there have been “text messages sent” between Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Significantly, the outlets’ sources said mediators couldn’t foresee a full re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz until a final deal is inked.
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why would Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi send some texts to whom?
who the fu11ck is Witkoff?
jesus!!!
those western media is desperate for feel good stories to jack up markets up!
alx
Sunday evening and pre-markets were in the red after Trump’s deranged weekend comments, and now we get news of a possible deal and the markets are mostly in the green. Hmmm…..this sure seems like a broken record to me.
7AM EST
S&P and Nasdaq are both green. DOW is flat. Oil is down about 1%.
Banking gains at the open
Here come the Israeli false flags, right on cue…insert “Hey Rabbi, whatcha’ doin’” meme
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/new-iranian-terror-group-claims-responsibility-attacks-across-europe
What happened in Iranian desert during this long weekend? Why is the site of F-15 crash 120 miles away from a graveyard of C-130s and helicopters? Was that a secret mission going wrong to grab enriched uranium or to kidnap some one from Iranian leadership? Was that Trump’s off-ramp to declare victory and exit the war?
Many questions, no answers.
The only answers we got are those two angry tweets from the president. Is he angry because he lost his off-ramp and he has to follow on his threats, extend threats (becoming empty threats) or TACO? Or three options are equally bad for him.
This is full propaganda concealment
It was likely a combo operation that went badly
our grandkids will know.
at the moment, I dont buy it being anything else but a rescue operation that had to grow in size.
lots of questions tho, wont ever get an answer in my lifetime
JUST IN: FORMER CIA LARRY JOHNSON CONFIRMS MY THEORY – YESTERDAY WAS A FAILED GROUND INVASION
https://x.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/2040921636967174449
The pilot is completely fine. Yes, he walked 110 miles and crossed several mountains while mortally wounded. Yes, he’s back home and safe and sound and enjoying life and proud to have served.
No, you can’t see him.
No, we can’t share his name.
ETF for the airlines JETS looks like a BUY once it hits $15…again
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/JETS/
There are scenarios where they all go bankrupt. If you buy at $15, buy LEAP puts with it for insurance.
I remember UAL getting close to $1.00 back in 2009
If it is postponed, it will only be temporary … Israel doesn’t want peace. They want total annihilation of Iran and they will do everything to continue the war. … both Iran and Israel are fighting for their existence. Only one can WIN … Any Bets ?
Both will survive.The era of obliterating Nations is long gone.The Balkans way is no more valid.
Just needs to hit Israel desalinization plants & electrical grid.
I seriously doubt Israel can win. They can’t tell the difference between a good or bad ‘camel jockey’ because they have dehumanized all Gentile in their quest.
This includes every religion that isn’t Jewish, turning this into an existential war with religious tones.
Israel is not fighting for its existence. Iran is. Israel is fighting for the right to keep the West Bank and expel the Palestinians and to destroy or disintegrate anyone that might help the Palestinians resist that.
No, Israel is fighting for its existence now because they underestimated the strength of Iran … and they realize it now due to all of the devastation in Israel … and that’s why they can’t stop …
These Lego videos (by Iran?) have to be making Trump insane
https://twitter.com/i/status/2040756233125130341
He wouldn’t waste his time watching cartoons… oh shit, you’re right.
Long necessity being the mother of invention
JUST IN🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🔥 Iran’s home-made Bavar-373 has become world’s most powerful air Defense system surpassing THAAD, S-400, Patriot, Arrow-3 technology after it shot Down F-35, F-15 and F-18 in US-Iran war.
It works only at low altitudes and covers a smaller distance.
I’m sure that’s all true but the results are noteable for planes that have been difficult to take down. Either the plane has a vulnerability or the tactics do. Either way, the emperor is nakey-nakey.
dont be carried away!
No chance of this being true at all…zero…nada. There is not a chance that the Iranians are that stupid. He’s lying…again.
I’m long TACO
On one side is a TACO Supreme.
On the other side is a lunatic with launch codes.
TACO Supreme for the WIN….always
Is the recent rescue operation of an American pilot, initially hailed as a triumph, about to turn into a disaster? At least one C-130 and two helicopters, including a Black Hawk, were destroyed on the ground. How many crews were on board and how many troops were carrying? How did they get back?
putin bot
/s
This has to be the most expensive rescue in history … this war is going to get a lot more expensive … hello taxpayers …
2 C 130s ,2 Blackhawks and another Copter Chinook or something.
And all this without any casualties…
I don’t think we will know the answer to this for at least a decade. Nothing official can be considered factual.
In the Bible God always used the Persians to correct the situation. The same holds true today.
The three wise men were Zoroastrian Magi’s from Persia
I read somewhere that the word “Pharisee” likely originated from the word “Parsi” or “Farsi” meaning Persian.
Pharisee is a pejorative just like the N word. No way it applies to the Noble Biblcal people of Persia in the Bible.
I see UAE’s AI centre linked in this article. Of all the countries that will be counted as losers in this particular iteration of the war, the top most will be UAE. They had everything going for them and then suddenly just like that, the rug was pulled from under their feet.
‘Praise be to Allah’ is a good word to utter. It negates divinity attributed to anything other than God, including Jesus. May Allah benefit those who say it, even if it was said in ignorance. Ameen.
I think Trump’s greatest achievement was managing to turn the highly theocratic, oppressive and corrupt Iranian regime into the “good guys” of this war. That is no small feat.
=ighly theocratic, oppressive and corrupt Iranian regime i
yeah. theocratic, oppressive and corrupt I!
500 years of colonialism , Spanish-Portugal empire, British empire (=sun never sets ), killing natives in N. America, slave triangle (50 mil dead at least ) ENTER THE CHART!!
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don’t you uneducated mor11ons even know that history existed before 20th century, and-or read a single book called =world history= ?
Christian crusades ? Norman conquest?
jesus!!
ps
dont get me started about communism or Catholicism or hitler, and bunch of other European inventions!
White empires are ruled by oppressive and corrupt people, who see religion as a useful tool that doesn’t constrain their actions. So they engineer wars and exterminate men, women, and children and call it “defense”.
I don’t know what to do about it. I used to think the USA constitution was a major improvement over other attempts. Amendments and SCOTUS decisions gave the serfs more liberty, for a while. But, a piece of paper cannot govern a mob. I agree with Hunter S Thompson that the “high water mark” was reached in the 1970’s. Maybe around the time of the Church Committee. But TPTB ensured he lost his seat…
As for the CPC governing better than the D’s and the R’s, I don’t think we will learn from them, because it seems to me we don’t even learn from ourselves.
It’s not just the Straights of Hormuz…
https://x.com/Geiger_Capital/status/2038729125653819515
Sock market, bold market, and oil futures acting as if nothing at all will happen
We’ll be darning our own socks once the economic effects take hold.
I wish someone would sock it to Governor Tramp.
=sock market
go long some red socks futures,and sell 10 green ones!
asap 🙂
Always hedge with matching pairs.
Long socks, short bold font
I’ve been reading Mish for a long time. He’s smart and usually focuses on financial things, but I will admit that Donald Trump is hard to ignore. I’m older than Mish and I was Trump’s classmate at Penn, where he was a terrible student. Mostly, I’m appalled by what Trump says and does, but I actually approve of this war against Iran, so I’m in the minority. And there’s a plan….probably more than a few.
Our military has been thinking about Iran for decades, and most people who follow the Middle East realize Iran is a dangerous, destabilizing force with proxy militias in 3 or 4 countries as they try to stir up trouble. Islam has always been about conquest and murder, and if people bother to read the Islamic holy books, they would understand who it’s become so violent in the region. They don’t like Infidels, and under many conditions, it’s OK to maim and kill them. They don’t much like Sunni Muslims either.
So we finally have a president who’s a swaggering, reckless psychopath who decided they were weak enough to take on. Iran is a bully in the Middle East, but Trump wants to be the bully of the planet. They say a stopped clock is right twice a day, and Trump may have finally been right about a rogue country that needed to be neutralized. In addition to being a psychopath, Trump’s a sadist as well, so it’s not surprising that he wants to show people he’s the smartest, strongest, most powerful bully on the block. One way or another, the Strait will be opened, and oil will flow sooner or later. When Iran bombed their neighbors, they made a grave mistake, but those same Gulf countries so far haven’t committed any soldiers to fight in Iran. I guarantee you, we’ve got Americans on the ground in Iran, and they’ve probably been there for weeks.
Trump never made too many friends around the world because he’s a threatening bully, but if he manages to subdue Iran and get rid of the Islamic ideologues running that country, it’ll be good for the Middle East and the rest of the world. Is Trump getting paid billions to fight this war that Bin Salman now likes? I noticed Bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, personally made sure Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, got billions of Saudi money. Who can say if Trump’s getting paid off for this war?
All that being said, I think Trump’s right about the rest of the world….they should be helping because they’re affected by Iran’s tactics. Trump doesn’t have a lot of personal insight, and he’s one of the biggest a**holes on the planet, but I think he’s right about Iran. It is run by a bunch of f*cking lunatics who want to threaten the world. As for nuclear weapons….let’s get real. Iran has managed to engineer ballistic missiles, and those are the kind of rockets that deliver nuclear payloads. We’ve got plenty.
“if he manages to subdue Iran…”
That’s the thing. He can’t. We couldn’t subdue the Taliban. Iran has four times the population of Afghanistan and eight times the brain power. The US is running out of standoff weapons and Iran still has plenty of anti aircraft weapons. It’s a big country of mostly granite mountains. We can do a lot of damage to civilian infrastructure but we can’t subdue it.
=That’s the thing. He can’t. We couldn’t subdue the Taliban.
that guy is mor11on . never read a single page from book called world history!
i guess him being trump classmate CHECKS OUT! AT Penn!
=My Harvard tie. My Harvard tie.!=
alx
Explain why any country shouldn’t have nuclear weapons when North Korea does. The United States does not attack countries once they have a nuclear weapon.
Fwiw the US is now run by a few lunatics. The people of the US and Iran are caught in the crossfire.
an armed society is a polite society.
how could a republican argue with that?
Who has been taking land and attacking their neighbors in the region since 1913’s Balfour Declaration? Answer that question and you will have the answer for what nation should pay war reparations for all of the nations they have attacked since 1913.
The US should not be fighting in the middle east at all! These are theocratic entanglements and violet the first amendment of our constitution.
ENOUGH!
“…with proxy militias in 3 or 4 countries as they try to stir up trouble”
Like the USA ? Which country is more concerned with the internal affairs of others? Iran or the USA?
Well, there’s the CRUSADE precedent………..
Supposedly eye-ran has the capability of destroying all the desalination plants in the ME?
If they can, they would have done this already?
You know, to kill all the non believers?
Because if they had nukes they’d use them?
Prolly to destroy all the desalination plants in the ME.
Maybe even blow up a Wallllll—–mart
With a soo-eee- cide bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb eye-ran?
Ole’ McCain in a Viet con cage in heaven is rooting for sweet little Ole’ Graham cracker 👌
Strange time’s….
I agree with your assessment of Iran and of Trump. But the idea that you can change the regime is folly. Even the taliban beat the USA, and Iran is much larger. Like the Taliban time is on their side. The allies will not come to help after being insulted, intimidated (Greenland, Canada) and attacked with tariffs, and not being consulted in the attack. They were also told no allies are needed. Why would they enter a war that cannot be won to help clean up Trumps mess after all hes done to alienate them?
There clearly is no plan.
= I’m older than Mish and I was Trump’s classmate at Penn,
buddy . it is politics / economics blog!
it is not sci fi one!
get lost, and-or sign up for service, Iran is waiting for you!
alx
LOLz
Jeff you wouldn’t be jewish.
The problem with your evaluation of the Iranians is that you dont know whether the behavior would be the same if America (and before that the colonial powers) wasn’t trying to take the natural resources (oil) by force.
This idea that the USA is morally and righteously superior doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
Maybe think about what would be different if the euro/western world didn’t try to dominate the ME? Most historians agree that this mess was created by european greed
Iran doesn’t have “proxies” in the Middle East, nor is Shia Islam somehow worse than Sunni Islam. In fact, Islam is not “bad” in and of itself. Iran I the largest primarily Shia nation, and feels a need to be a protector of Shia believers around the globe. Lebanon has an oppressed Shia majority, left that way when the French left power to the Christians and Sunni. Yemen has an oppressed Shia majority, left that way with Saudi backing of the Sunni minority. Iraq had an oppressed Shia majority under Saddam Hussein, liberated by the American invasion under Bush. The Shia’s have been much kinder and gentler under the Shia and are big supporters of Iran. Bahrain has a Shia majority under Sunni rule. But the oppression is alleviated by oil wealth. Indeed, the biggest fomenters of hatred and violence in the region are Israel and Saudi Arabia, both close allies with the United States. The Israeli’s are murderers in Lebanon and Gaza. The Saudi’s in Yemen. The Koran specifically says Christians and Jews are “people of the book” and do not need to be converted. It also says that you do not target civilians or civilian infrastructure in war, as that is an immoral act against the wishes of God. It is a shame that so many Americans are so absolutely clueless about the world and world history that they are so easily lead in following evil leaders.
“…It is run by a bunch of f*cking lunatics who want to threaten the world.” easily reminds me of the US today.
“…And there’s a plan….probably more than a few….” and the first one is fire any and every general that has a clue about how to engage such a conflict and the reasons to avoid doing so.
I get that you agree with a sadist and a psychopath, and for me, in this case that means you are both and more – a ” …. swaggering, reckless psychopath ” – because what the republican party ignores is that complicity and/or agreement means culpability and – at this point to agree with Trump is to be HIM.
Jeff, by your own admission if Trump manages to subdue Iran then they will be under control of ‘one of the biggest a holes on the planet’ who is a ‘threatening bully’, a ‘swaggering , reckless psychopath’ who bullys the planet. And a sadist to boot that is in charge of a nuclear arsenal that you aren’t sure isnt taking bribes to fight illegal wars.
and you think it is very important that this guy gets rid of the lunatics that run Iran?
being an educated man you can see why we may not think much of your plan?
I think we are ok with the devil we know as opposed to giving a psychopath sadist even more control of the world’s oil.
thanks for the input!
Trump’s idea of diplomacy is to threaten to blow up civilian infrastructure.
The Israeli press echoes this absurd take on diplomacy: “According to an Israeli political source, Trump is interested in bringing the campaign to an end, and the extension of the ultimatum he gave Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz reflects his efforts to exhaust the diplomatic channel.”
Go watch the Father Ripperger interview that Tucker dropped on Good Friday. We are having issues with senior fallen angels. The major actors in world politics are not human beings. This is why all the lying in DC — for example.
Or they’re reptilians, lol.
The only way to win a thermonuclear war is not to play…
There are no negotiations. Pure Trump bullshit.
Correct, trump has a war plan and will damage as much as he can. This will create chaos in supply chains world wide. It is like covid shutdown but without the physical resources or infrastructure to turn sarge swaths of the economy back on.
Trump stated that if congress knew his plan they would use article 4 of the 25th amendment to stop him.
It is up to congress to stop him. Do they have the stomach to defend the people of the world?
Let’s hope they consider that the only way to win a World War with todays weaponry is not to start it.
If making sh!t up as you go along and ignoring reality around you is a plan – then it can ignorantly be called a plan.
And “Trump stated” followed by anything but lies reminds me of the little boy crying “WOLF”.
I seriously doubt the Iranians would talk to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner again. More delusional BS from Trump.
The US attacked Iran *twice* while negotiating.
In a country where Good Friday is not even a holiday, its president praises the Moslem god on Easter Sunday.
Grok Comments
https://x.com/grok/status/2041007419233370192?s=20
My bet is for TACO
Taco Tuesday lol
I really hope so. It’s already Tuesday in Iran.