Please recall Trump started this war on a “feeling” and poor advice. 
Statement on Timing
We now have a highly accurate estimate of when the war will end.
Question of the Day
Q: That’s accurate?
A: Of course it is. And it’s believable too.
We went from a few days to a few weeks, then a month, then a declaration that the war was already over pretty much, then the was was over, and now we have the highly believable estimate the war will end when Trump feels it in his bones.
What more could anyone possibly ask than rare truthful statements from Trump?
What About the Strait?
Good question. Jim Bianco has this accurate assessment of statements by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth: U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth states that the Strait of Hormuz is “open for transit” and the only thing preventing that is continued drone and missile attacks by Iran.
Bianco: The only reason I do not allow my children to play in the middle of the highway is the cars speeding at 70 MPH. Otherwise, the highway is open as a playground.
Gotta admit Hegseth is going with the tried and true methods here.
And this was the result: Three Oil Tankers on Fire Following Trump’s Advice, Crude Jumps Again
Hey, I thought the war was over.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth states that the Strait of Hormuz is “open for transit” and the only thing preventing that is continued drone and missile attacks by Iran.
Hmmmmmmmm – Open for transit ? ? ?
Iranian said the Strait is closed.
And you said its open.
You’re making simple things complicated.
When he feels it where?? Really! At his age, I guess it’s the miracle of Viagra eh?
Oh… bonES, ok, sorry I thought he said something else. Never mind, carry on warring!
When the war in Iran will end ??
There is a perfect analogue for the string of utterances so far.
It is the time series for pronouncements about ending the Ukraine war.
Hard to say.
When the pain becomes too great for the US to stand anymore.
Or
When the pain becomes too great for the global economy to stand anymore.
I find it interesting that Trump and Hegseth keep saying that Iran’s new leader is injured, and now use the term ‘disfigured’, like it was an extremely important thing. I wonder if the US and Israel are trying to goad him into putting out a video that they could use to learn more about his current condition, location, and vulnerability?!
He was injured when the US attacked Iran’s leadership in the first wave of attacks. His father (the former leader) was killed in that attack. So was his wife and son. Guess how open he is to negotiate with Trump after his family members were killed while Iran was still in the middle of negotiations with the US last time?
Only a fool negotiates with Trump. He never keeps his word.
Sone serious TV revenue issuing lost!
https://sportsnaut.com/f1/formula-1-bahrain-saudi-arabian-grand-prix-cancelled-2026
The conflict reshaping the Middle East is now reshaping the Formula 1 calendar, and the sport is almost out of time to pretend otherwise.
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were supposed to host back-to-back grands prix in April — Sakhir on the 10th, Jeddah a week later on the 17th. Neither race is happening. Sky Sports reported Friday that an official cancellation is expected in Shanghai before the weekend, with no replacement events planned. The 2026 season drops from 24 races to 22, and April goes completely dark for the first time since 2020.
Trump now saying he hit all military targets on Kharg Island, but for reasons of “decency” spared oil infrastructure!
It would have been nice if he had spared the girls’ school for reasons of decency, but what are girls to Trump when compared to oil
China’s oil is to important to jeopardize
By the way, China will be the big Asian oil reservoir by next month
Taiwan will fall when begging China for oil
You’re suggesting they would at some point prevent oil ships from docking in Taiwanese ports?
If Kharg island’s oil infrastructure is destroyed, oil prices would go to $150+ and the global economy would collapse this year.
Which is why it is unlikely that the US would do that. It was risky to attack military installations on the island for fear of damaging the oil infrastructure by mistake.
A more likely scenario would be the Iranian regime destroying the infrastructure themselves because the regime is about to collapse. The logic is that if we are about to collapse, we might as well take the rest of the world with us.
Trump has made a huge mistake. He has put himself into a position where he loses no matter what happens.
A more likely scenario would be the Iranian regime destroying the infrastructure themselves because the regime is about to collapse
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same as RUSSIA blew off NS2?
jesus, you are mo1ron!
It’s called scorched earth strategy. Destroy key infrastructure before it falls into enemy hands and can be used for their benefit. Quite common throughout history.
Surprised you aren’t aware of it.
After Saddam hit Karg, it took 10 years to rebuild.
Interesting. How does Trump benefit by hitting Kharg military targets?
The US is hitting every military target that it can in order to degrade Iran’s ability to fight; and in particular IRAN’s ability to strike out at shipping or other countries oil infrastructure.
They waited to hit Kharg island because they wanted to be careful and make sure they didn’t accidentally hit oil infrastructure there.
This so reminds me of LBJ and Vietnam.
How long until we win the hearts and souls of the Iranians?
We had a chance to do that when tens of thousands of them were protesting this regime and we did nothing. Then we started bombing them.
“I sweat like a snowman out in the sun
Dreaming that there ain’t nowhere to run to, baby
Nowhere to hide“
I Feel it in My Bones, The Killers
Approaching two weeks of shut down in the strait now. Assuming a miracle doesn’t happen over the weekend, the global economy is going to start suffering some severe disruptions next week.
As expected, the longer this goes on, the more damage to the global economy.
Based on the fact the US is still sending more military equipment and marines to the area, seems to indicate that we are not yet near the end of this situation.
I am still selling portions of my oil stocks each time they hit new all-time highs. And putting the cash aside as I wait for the big market corrections that are likely coming.
A commonsense deal is so obvious. Tell Iran “We’ll nuke Israel and then you open up the strait”.
The current investing landscape breaks down pretty well into 4 categories:
Gas Town
The Citadel
Bullet Farm
Plains of Silence
When to reallocate resources between these categories is the task before us.
Witness me!
Did the Daily Kos buy Mish’s blog? Sheese! There is some re-education needed here. Maybe some Clockwork Orange style rehab.
This Ain’t No Party… This Ain’t No Disco… This Ain’t No Foolin’ Around”
— Life During Wartime, Talking Heads (1979)
Wow! This operation is now a success?
Hahahahaha!
Thanks for the laugh.
Still trying to figure out when and how Trump backs down.
What time is it there in Tel Aviv?
I tried to follow the reasoning in this post. But turning an Epic Failure into an Epic Success will take more work.
Baghdad Bob got himself a 21st century gig.
Congrats, Bob
Jihad Jojo?
Nailed it
Oil at $100 is the new normal now. Get used to it until the new new normal is $150 then $200. The profits are amazing, is this how billionaires really just do it? Stir up trouble and volatility then just bank coin.
By 2036 when the old guys all die off you’ll be the one promoting an invasion somewhere 😀
Oh no big guy, that’s a sarcoma
Why does the Donald now say many things thay even Fools are finding impossible to accept?
Because no one calls him out on it. Trump is the racist drunk uncle at Thanksgiving that everyone has to tolerate because he’s “family” and no one wants to kick the old coot out. It’s not just Trump, his entire filthy MAGA boomer base is a reflection of him. I can’t wait for these f**ks to die off, 2036+ and I’m counting the years from afar.
All due respect, MPO45v2, but he gets called out on it all the time. The press does it, he says, “Quiet piggy” or tears into them as the worst reporter of all time.
Jimmy Kimmel does it and Trump tries to drive his show off the air.
The Democrats constantly point his stuff out and get shouted down as “libs” or whatever insult du jour is.
His press guy, Stephen Cheung, copies and pates a standard insult about how the person has brain rot and a brain the size of a peanut.
He’s been doing this for years, now, it’s just that he’s destroyed all the guardrails that used to constrain executive power.
Amen brother
My family let my drunk uncle Virgil carry on like that, but it’s because he’d beat up a couple of us as thanks for our input. He was a mean old sonofabitch.
My dad wasn’t much better toward the end… got enamored of glen beck and turned mean and paranoid. Thankfully he didn’t get smacky like Virgil. I’m kind of glad he didn’t live to become a MAGAT rage monkey.
Kids, don’t let your parents do Fox News.
Historic precedent: he felt the Vietnam War in his bones. He can do it.
I’ll feel it in my bones or when Bibi tells me to stop firing.
Gasoline in my little corner of Los Angeles just topped $6 a gallon. Thanks, MAGAts!
Suck it, commie pinko hippie immigrant sniffer!
Marco Rubio, in his Trump-sponsored clown shoes, is eagerly waiting for the bones to speak.
Is it possible for many
Americans to take most things
the Donald says nowadays…. without a large sheetload of salt?
Feels like ancient history, but ICE is still snatching kids:
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/federal-judge-orders-return-14-year-old-detained-ice-1785158
The Epstein Files wiped them from the news cycle, just as Operation Epstein Fury wipe the files from the news cycle.
Bone spurs have feelings?
That’s right, when “he feels it in his bone spurs!”
I think we can conclude that our Commander and Chief is unfit for office. It’s not a partisan observation. I want our Presidents to be successful be they Democratic or Republican. I want our country to be successful. I want complicated and controversial issues to be debated vigorously by Congress. This is a scary time for our country. It also seems to be coinciding with weak Congressional leadership. We are in a bad place and a very dangerous place.
Time for a “Potemkin Oval”: “They (Trump Sr’s kids) set up what was described as a “Potemkin office,” where Fred was made to believe he was still running the company. This included a desk filled with blank papers and a phone that connected only to a secretary who was complicit in this plan.
Details of the Arrangement
This tactic was a way for the family to provide care while avoiding the need to confront him about his illness directly. Fred Trump’s Alzheimer’s often left him confused, and the family’s strategy sought to protect him from further distress.
Unfit ? Unfit ?
The maniac war criminal should be in the docket, like at Nuremberg.
“…when this is over it’s going to bounce right back…”
I’ll assume he was talking about his beloved DJIA….this guy is too much, what a LEGEND….ooooffff
They’re throwing everything at the DJIA for a Friday GREEN close…so Trumpo doesn’t have a sad face weekend…lolz
Welp…ass just fell out of the equity markets at the close.
Have a nice weekend DJT !!!
Pete the moron.
He says this morning “war is hell”. Well thank you Donald for taking us to Hell.
I guess he should more accurately have said excursions are hell and change the name of his department to the department of excursions.
In recognition of this excursion I think each state should be compelled to name at least one hospital for the mentally challenged after the beloved president Trump.
Calling all Trump voters! How is having Donald Trump as President and Commander-in-Chief different from having any random “know-it-all” at the bar in that role? He brings no relevant experience to the most important and consequential job in the world, and he is not intellectually curious because he believes he inherently knows better than those with decades of subject-matter experience.
If you owned a business you built into a successful enterprise, would you blindly hand over all decision-making to someone like Donald Trump? If your child needed a mentor and role model, would you give someone like Donald Trump unrestricted one-on-one access to your child one day a week?
From his “morality” to his “bones.” He is a raving lunatic, and I am embarrassed I voted for him 3 times.
You should be! Shame on you!
I’m very glad you’ve come around Gary but if I may ask. Did you not think it was strange when the presidential candidate began raving about people eating cats and dogs on the debate stage? Or when he had a mob attack the capitol building? I feel like maybe there were some signs.
Good that you got wise. Too many just keep doubling down.
“For the Lord is gracious and receives the last even as the first.
The Lord gives rest to those that comes at the eleventh hour, as well as to those that toiled from the first”
Embarrassed? You made a pact with the devil and you have unwashable taint on your soul now. YOU are a murder, YOU are a rapist, YOU are a destroyer of school full of kids. It’s all YOU, YOU voted for this.
Lots of people come here for validation and to come clean but it’s not that easy.
Penance! They must pay penance!!!
You’re on the way to recovery. The first step is admitting you are a Trumpaholic.
This is the first time I’ve seen or heard someone admit this. It takes courage to admit that you were wrong —and all of us have been wrong ant some point including the commenters drunk on their sanctimonious outrage.
Wait… I thought we already won.
Does this guy lie to us?
And what became of Stu, Doug, and all the other koolaid drinkers? They’ve faded to a downvote here and there, like the Cheshire Cat.
Curiouser and Curiouser…
for me this sums up Trump: “My head feels like a snow globe that’s been shaken, and glitter is swirling around in it like unmoored stars.”
― Laini Taylor, Night of Cake & Puppets
Except instead of glitter, it’s tiny turds.
A tiny turd trump sno-globe it is!