I am pleased to offer this 10-day taco countdown calendar. Will it end with war crimes?
Tacos Courtesy of Iran
As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent that I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 P.M., Eastern Time. Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Energy Plant Destruction
On April 6, at 8:00 PM we will find out exactly how well those talks are progressing.
If not to Trump’s satisfaction Trump has previously stated what he will do.
Trump’s Threat
Truth Social: If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
Mar 21, 2026, 5:44 PM
If I am not mistaken, two days have come and gone. Let’s recap the period in between.
- March 22: Trump to ‘Obliterate’ Iran’s Power Plants if Strait Not Open in 48 Hours [The threat, if carried out, would “likely constitute war crimes”, says Grok.]
- March 23: Trump Postpones Strikes on Iran, Claims Progress in Talks that Iran Denies [The markets are pleased with progress on Iran that Iran denies.]
- March 23: The Bond Market Has Second Thoughts on Trump’s Alleged Progress with Iran [Let’s discuss the striking volatility in long-term bond yields today.]
- March 24: In a Fog of Diplomacy, Mediators Seek US-Iran Meeting by Thursday [For calendar watchers, Thursday is today]
- March 25: The Name Is Bond “30-Year” Not James, But What’s the Message? [The bond market again shows serious inflation concerns.]
- March 26: Trump Wants a Speedy End to the War He Started. OK, So What? [When you start a war, the other side has a say when it ends.]
- March 26: Trump “Not Sure He’s Willing to Make a Deal with Iran” [“They are begging to make a deal, not me. They’re begging to make a deal.”]
- March 26: Ten more days of Tacos, this post. Trump begs Iran for a deal, while setting conditions that are impossible for a deal to take place.
Now, if that is not progress, what is?
Q: How so?
A: Do you like tacos or not?
As an added bonus, war crimes have been delayed for another 10 days,
War Crime Discussion
Mish to Grok: If Trump did what he said, would that constitute a war crime?
Grok Response:
In short: The post is a threat, not a crime. Whether any future action would be a war crime would depend on how (if) it is executed, the precise targets, intelligence about their use, proportionality assessments, and civilian impact—none of which can be judged from a social media statement alone. International bodies like the ICC or UN would only investigate actual conduct in an armed conflict, not rhetoric. States (including the U.S.) often reject ICC jurisdiction anyway.
If President Trump carried out the threatened action—destroying (“obliterating”) Iran’s various power plants, starting with the biggest one—it would likely constitute war crimes under international humanitarian law (IHL), depending on the specifics of execution, but the blanket, widespread nature implied makes it highly probable.International law does not categorically prohibit attacking power plants or electrical infrastructure.
However, attacks must comply with core principles from the Geneva Conventions (especially Additional Protocol I), customary IHL, and the Rome Statute of the ICC (which defines war crimes even if the U.S. is not a party—the norms are widely accepted as customary).
If the Threat Were Carried Out, attacking power plants could potentially raise serious IHL issues, depending on circumstances:
- Civilian objects like power stations are generally protected from attack unless they are making an effective contribution to military action (e.g., powering military command centers, air defenses, weapons production, or nuclear facilities tied to military use).
- Even if partly military, an attack must satisfy the principles of:
- Distinction (targeting only military objectives).
- Proportionality (expected civilian harm not excessive compared to military advantage).
- Precautions in planning/execution to minimize civilian risk.
- Widespread, long-term, and severe damage to the civilian population’s access to electricity (potentially causing indirect civilian deaths via lack of medical care, water pumping, sanitation, etc.) could violate prohibitions on indiscriminate attacks or attacks expected to cause excessive incidental civilian harm.
- If the attack targeted a nuclear power plant (e.g., Bushehr), it could risk radioactive release, raising additional concerns under environmental protection rules in war and potentially amounting to an ecocide-like offense or disproportionate harm.
- The post specifies “power plants,” not explicitly nuclear ones or purely civilian targets.
- Context from surrounding events (ongoing U.S./allied military actions against Iranian military capabilities, missile sites, navy/air force, etc.) suggests the intent is tied to degrading Iran’s military threat and reopening a key international waterway (Strait of Hormuz), which Iran has been interfering with.
Regarding War Crimes
A constitutional law expert friend, who is much more of a hawk on military interventions than others in the email conversation below, had this to say.
You know that I often disagree with [names redacted] on repeated assertions that US military actions are war crimes. International law is complex, fact-specific and very seldom does the US clearly violate international law. And I hate hyperbole.
But the threatened strikes would have been black and white lay-down war crimes. The Geneva Convention forbids strikes against civilian infrastructure calculated to threaten the lives of civilians to pressure concessions. Trump very specifically laid that out as the intent of his proposed strikes. It’s really mind-boggling.
Questions of the Year
Q: Is Trump willing to risk this?
A: We are going to find out. I doubt Iran opens the strait. That’s the only bargaining power Iran has.
So what is it?
War crimes? Boots on the ground? Both?
Meanwhile, I repeat my key thesis.
What Are Iran’s Goals?
Iran’s overriding goal at the moment is “inflict as much pain on Trump as possible”. And Iran will!
Once you understand that simple fact, you understand why Trump is in a very tough spot.
For further discussion, including details of how lagging the US is regarding drone technology, please see Trump “Not Sure He’s Willing to Make a Deal with Iran”
Addendum
WSJ: Iran hasn’t requested a 10-day pause on strikes on its energy plants and is yet to deliver a final response to a 15-point plan to end the war, peace talk mediators said.
My Constitutional Expert Friend: Good post. But I disagree with @Grok on one thing. Trump is actually guilty of the crime of extortion. That’s when you try to coerce a person to give up property or services through the criminal use of force. By threatening to commit a war crime if Iran doesn’t do as he says, he is guilty of extortion.
Has anyone noticed that “our democracy” doesn’t work? Airplanes colliding with buses, near misses in the air, wars no one wants, lines at the airport etc. Government isn’t about the public interest or performing basic functions; it’s about agendas. That’s a harsh truth in today’s America.
The United States is in no wise a “democracy”, a “democratic republic” or whatever, but an oligarchy featuring unlimited political bribery for those who can afford pricey lawyers, along with some vestigial trappings of democracy to keep the rubes distracted.
Basically, a glorified Brasil, albeit with worse weather, less attractive females, and a more hyperbelligerent foreign policy. Fewer mosquitos, however.
This situation suits the oligarchs just dandy. It’s not like they fly commercial with the poors.
This is going to get really interesting
1) credible analysts calculated he’s gonna be incredibly low on munitions in 2-3weeks (u.k.)
2) the energy shock is just starting to get serious now
3) there is no viable way to open the Strait in the near term
4) the Iranians have time on their side, and support from Russia and China
5) the international community is not going to help
All indications are that Trump will need to withdraw, pretending a victory, but there will be a massive economic shock and we will lose our Gulf Allies and most other western Allies will be in an Economic depression.
In other words the orange man is contohis legacy if destroying everything he touches
Winning!!!
US removed a lot of Patriot and THAAD systems from SK for the first time, and repositioned them to the Middle East. Next will be removing systems from Japan and Guam. This is emboldening China and NK – and why not – the rules based system is being destroyed by the people that built it. We have entered a new era – this war could escalate and get out of hand very quickly.
Trump is posing. Oceania possesses significant capabilities. But among them are bluffing and acting.
Either military readiness prevents him from following through on his threat or he fears how Iran would react.
Kind of a risky business. Iran pretty much knows what the target is. It is a pretty small area. Will the US blast the hell out of it and then land troops? The landing itself will be risky. If I am Iran I would have a surprise waiting for those troops.
Japans Formula One race is about to start the first practice day. It will be interesting to see if the attendance is down? Gas shortages are bound to start rearing their heads in oil importing nations.
The April Races were supposed to be in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. They have been cancelled for safety reasons. It will be interesting if the fall races in Qatar & Abu Dhabi will being cancelled as well.
It will also be interesting to listen to the commentary for bits on the wars affecting teams…
Practice days are usually 10% of race day attendance, only down slightly as the F1 cloud is unusually well funded. It will be interesting to see how the balance of the season goes.
A friend in Australia reports that there are gasoline shortages surfacing already!
In developed countries like Japan, people use trains to travel, not their own personal vehicle.
Seems like Trump is stalling.
Yet another 10,000 US soldiers heading to the region. It will take a week to get them there.
I am expecting US military personnel being in harms way before too long.
No likely end to this war soon. Shipping will remain impeded. Shortages of many oil related products happening already.
Some airports will run out of jet fuel next week. Manufacturing of medical gloves is shutting down for lack of chemicals. Governments asking citizens to stop driving, work from home, restrict electricity use, etc.
The fun is just beginning.
Global recession on the way. Depression is a possibility.
The war will last at least a decade if the Marines invade Iran.
Agree with that, but the futures market is once again buying the bullshit!
I’m not… We shall see how the trading day progresses!
Coffee with the farm boyzzzz is gonna be interesting for sure!
Something has to change in our society. Decency has gone dormant in our governments and somehow must be awakened. People must demand better representation. Current and previous administrations have protected pedophiles and sold our republic to corporations and their owners, government of the people, by the people, for the people has vanished. The news, messaging and media are owned and indifferent to the truth.
The darkness of war, intolerance and hatred has society dancing on the rim of a volcano. If a foot slips in, things could go nuclear ~ quickly and without restraint.
Come on!People are ok to live on debt and finance speculation only,and now they cry on the consequences.
The extension is until Monday, April 6 – But you know what comes next?
TACO TUESDAY!!
It will be the same play – buy futures at 645am on Monday and announcement at 7am Monday.
We only have a few days left to impeach him.
10 Day TACO?
Plenty of time for Iran to either buy or build a nuclear bomb.
The French government is reporting an upcoming energy crisis with 35% of oil infrastructure in Middle East destroyed. Oil to $200?
The IDF may collapse.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkvk11jmiwx
Don’t worry Israel, Trump will send US troops to the meat grinder for you so you can keep bobbing your heads up and down at the temple.
Do worry, Trump will find a way to make things even worse.™
The French government analysis is very interesting because if one were to follow solely the official pronouncements of the GCC on the number of missiles and drones strikes which have been successful, it would seem that a much lower amount of damage has been done to the GCC energy infrastructure. The IEA now also reports that over 40 energy assets across nine countries have been “severely damaged,” a figure far higher than the count of major fires typically reported in the media. The Western media seems to have failed again and isn’t preparing the public for the severe energy shock that is bearing down on us.
More US troops needed too…
‘The Daily Show’ Roasts Army for Changing Enlistment Age Limit, Marijuana Rules Amid Iran War: ‘We Must Be Desperate’ | includes hilarious video
“This is bad. We’ve been at war a month, and you’re already down to stoners?”
https://www.networkisa.org/the-wrap/view/the-daily-show-roasts-army-for-changing-enlistment-age-limit-marijuana-rules-amid-iran-war-we-must-be-desperate-video
This is all part and parcel to the demographic death spiral I have written comments about here. It’s bad all over the world but the western world has it worse. Tucker thinks it’s a vast conspiracy against people or European descent but the only truth is people of European descent aren’t copulating enough or properly and making replacements so you get replaced by someone who is copulating properly and sufficiently.
Send a bunch of young men and women to die off in war and the problem becomes worse.
We can only hope.
10 days of stroking the market
Clarence Carter Strokin’?
One would think by now, the most would finally catch on to taco’s game as he has no backbone, scrupples or business acumen. However, he does know how to manipulate markets while making his rich friends even richer. To taco, this whole Iran/Middle East fiasco is simply a game to be played.
Holmes, if Trump had simply taken the money he borrowed from his father and parked it in an S&P500 Index Fund and reinvested his returns, he’d be richer than he is today, and all he’d have to do is cash checks.
In other words, Trump isn’t even an average businessman.
Trump only said he would not attack Iran’s power grid in the next 10 days. Expect missiles to hit military targets, munitions factories, and suspected bunkers. Marines are arriving soon too, so they will give Trump more leverage in negotiations. Maybe the Marines take out the Houthis.
So Trump is going to invade Yemen too?
Smedley Butler is turning over in his grave.
That would be interesting. There are already multiple groups fighting each other in Yemen. Why not throw another another one in.
Marines won’t accomplish anything. You’re right, though, that Trump only gave 10 extra days before attacking Iran’s power plants. And that’s only if you believe him.
I would be iranian,i would not trust a word.
I smell more like a venezuelan operation:landing small troops where the iranian leaders still are
The Yemeni have driven off the Saudis, the Egyptians, the British and the Ottomans.
Surely Genghis Trump will change that!
In other news, Trump’s signature will appear on newly printed dollar bills. A first for a sitting president.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/signature-appear-paper-currency-dollar-bills-first-sitting-president-rcna265389
I wonder how long before he puts his face on every denomination of paper currency?
Banana fucking Republic….
Nuclear Banana Republic
We need to stop the US from obtaining nuclear weapons as they continue to terrorize countries around the world, start random wars, and are the biggest threat to world peace.
He has it coming on a 250 yr coin already.
In the middle of a war and King Nut Job has time and vanity for this BS?! Incredible.
I posted this on last thread. REFUSE TRUMP CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE FOR NON-TRUMP CURRENCY.
THAT’S WHAT I’LL DO – ASERTING THAT HAS, AND STILL SHOULD BE, THE LAW!
BE GREAT IF MANY PEOPLE DO THAT!
he is surrounded by people whose entire life consists of finding new ways to pump up his ego…like those effn North Korean style “dear Leader” cabinet meetings
“The President’s mark on history as the architect of America’s Golden Age economic revival is undeniable,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. “Printing his signature on the American currency is not only appropriate, but also well deserved.”
Well, gay ole Bessent sure knows how to stroke Trump’s………ego.
Trump’s signature dance sure looks like he has plenty of experience stroking something.
Not surprising, especially since they asked Trump to be their leader
…Trump’s Claim“There’s never been a head of a country that wanted that job less than being the head of Iran. We hear them very clearly. They say, ‘I don’t want it. We’d like to make you the next supreme leader.’ No, thank you. I don’t want it.” Trump said at the annual National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) fundraising dinner….
… with big tears in their eyes.
Kristi Noem’s available.
Trump’s words are so meaningless that it is really kind of a waste of time to discuss them. He lies as much as Biden, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, & Bush I. Maybe more.
More, lots MOAR!
Do you really think it’s clever to tell the enemy what you are going to do next?
Trump is saying that Iran asked him for a 7-day extension and he gave them 10 days. The idea that they are negotiating at all is not credible.
I think Trump really is starting to have delusions and multiple conversations taking place within his head.
King Nut Job.
Good Lort, from Sat to Mon we went from 48 hrs to 5 days, now Thurs we go to 10 days from today. Iran says there is no negotiation talks & this sort of thing is psychological warefare. Iran is right, it’s a psyops on them as well as the Amer public.
The best crystal ball to foretell the future is how Jared, Miller, Don Jr. and Lutnick play the futures and options markets. Lutnick did great with his 9/10/2001 picks.
10 more days to distract from Epstein.
wtf.
I have no idea if this is actually happening or if he is unable to cope with the reality
im going to do a Trump and negotiate with myself for a second.
I hope that every delay means he is closer to just walking away.
this is hard, and Trump doesn’t like to do actual hard work. Extreme, unavoidable and painful reality that doesnt conform to thier self image is what breaks a narcissistic personality.
Rage, depression and hopefully withdrawal tends to follow.
The data says they isolate themselves and die alone and miserable. I had an in-law that was a narcissist. She is headed towards this certain future and I can’t wait. Well deserved on her part. Trump deserves his lonely, isolated, and miserable future as well.
They spend the first part of each meeting going around the table taking turns blowing smoke up his ass. I think they can keep him afloat for a while yet if they have more of these meetings.
lol, ya, no shit.
and it could be that while trump is waiting for the Marines to show up he and his friends might was well make a little money manipulating the market.