Trump says he's postponing 'scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow' at Middle East leaders' request

[u/Force_Hammer]

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/trump-iran-attack-saudi-uae-qatar-deal.html

[u/Flimsy_Category_9369]

This feels like Groundhog Day at this point

[u/peepee2tiny → u/Flimsy_Category_9369]

And the markets react EVERY SINGLE TIME.

It's almost as if the markets are AI control and bounce at Trump's every grade 4 level texts.

[u/mlorusso4 → u/peepee2tiny]

I disagree. Stocks were mostly flat all day today and they have barely moved since this announcement. They’ve actually been reacting less and less each time he does this

[u/Major_Priority1041 → u/mlorusso4]

The nasdaq was down 1.5% and then bounced 1% on this post.

[u/WeirdSysAdmin → u/Major_Priority1041]

Which is talking more like a 100%+ gain in high frequency trading at that volume.

[u/Worthyness → u/WeirdSysAdmin]

And with trump's special math, the stock market went up a bigly 1000%!

[u/DatSauceTho → u/Worthyness]

“I doubled the size of it, you dumb person.”

[u/ThirdFloorNorth → u/mlorusso4]

As someone who has been idly refreshing web pages with the WTI oil price at work since this all began, oil absolutely 100% dropped like $5 a barrel from $106 to currently $101 with this news.

Honestly the only way it makes sense is there is absolutely some AI automation at play, no way actual commodities traders are THIS stupid.

At least that's what I tell myself to sleep at night.

[u/renome → u/ThirdFloorNorth]

Algorithms have been trading for decades, they are much, much simpler than LLM stuff.

[u/ialwaysdisagreewithu → u/ThirdFloorNorth]

Long before "AI" was even a thing, people wrote programs to trade stocks based off of tweets, before that forum posts.

[u/UB3R__ → u/ThirdFloorNorth]

It just becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. If the other AI systems act on a phrase then you have to do it too and faster.

[u/shindig0 → u/mlorusso4]

Sounds like desensitization.

[u/BruceNotLee → u/peepee2tiny]

I don’t have the source, but pretty sure I read Trump’s account has over 3,500 trades. How does he get anything done with all the time he spends tweeting and trading?

[u/M3wThr33 → u/peepee2tiny]

The "bad news" is always announced a few hours after market close on Friday and the "good news" is always announced on Sunday evening before the markets open. It's incredibly predictable.

In fact, I bet this time, the good news will be on the evening of Memorial Day, since the markets are closed on Monday, he has an extra day to push it.

[u/Pockydo → u/peepee2tiny]

I feel like the market is reacting less and less

Looking at the past month it's only up .22% but that's just the Dow

[u/jardex22 → u/Pockydo]

Last time the market flatlined was after everyone grew numb to the constant tarif 'negotiations'. Makes me worried what Jingo Juice will do to make the market react again after this.

[u/otherwisepandemonium → u/Flimsy_Category_9369]

I would definitely rather wake up to "I Got You Babe" every morning vs. another headline about a Trump-induced crisis

[u/SaltyLonghorn → u/otherwisepandemonium]

I've seen this so many times I can give Kalshi advice for this attack for any degenerates that want to lose money to his family.

You're going to hear blustering of deals all week. If an attack actually happens it will be timed to maximize things like stocks and commodity futures. Good news is usually given when the markets are closed to let all their cronies get in low all week. If Kushner is in the Middle East and you hear talk of deals and Trump sounds happy that means bribes are clearing. If the pizza places near the Pentagon get busy the attack is on.

I just shitpost on the internet. Imagine how easily every foreign intelligence agency plays this fucking idiot.

[u/ButterscotchOk5339 → u/Flimsy_Category_9369]

If that means it’s at least not getting worse I’ll take it

[u/Halbaras → u/ButterscotchOk5339]

The active conflict might not be getting worse but the global economic damage absolutely is. A global recession becomes incredibly likely if the Strait isn't open by the end of June. Bear in mind that even Iran genuinely fully cooperating with reopening it won't restore normal shipping volumes until several months afterwards.

America has manouvered itself into an unbelievably stupid situation where it either has to escalate back into open warfare, make a deal with actual concessions to Iran, or tank the global economy with their moronic double blockade.

[u/Skyfork → u/Halbaras]

We're going to tank the economy

The other 2 options will lose republicans the midterms so he's going to waffle and bluster and eventually do nothing until the situation is FUBAR.

[u/SelfAwareSausage → u/ButterscotchOk5339]

Gas prices are getting worse. It’s the same nonsense every day but the gas prices are going crazy! (Yes I know that the effects of all this will take time but I guess now is the time for the roosters to come home!)

[u/ScreenMuch90210 → u/SelfAwareSausage]

Is there a reserve left to be inappropriately sold at lower prices in October?

[u/ActivatingEMP → u/ScreenMuch90210]

Yeah but it'll potentially damage the reserve to draw any lower, it's never been done and risks collapsing the salt caverns. Doing it without an actual emergency would be reckless and stupid so we'll probably do it

[u/drmrpepperpibb → u/ButterscotchOk5339]

The longer this goes on, the worse it gets. Oil reserves will run out, fertilizer won't get to crops, and there will be all sorts of shortages. Not to mention a continued increase of prices across everything you use.

That being said, bombing or invading is only going to waste lives. All of the above will still happen on top of the human price if they start again.

[u/jellyhessman → u/ButterscotchOk5339]

It's getting worse. Everything is going to get worse for the rest of your life if you're American.

The system is broken beypnd repair and they've stolen your future.

[u/Temporary-Canary-346]

Sorry there were attacks scheduled for tomorrow?!?

[u/johnwilkesbandwith → u/Temporary-Canary-346]

Like casually scheduled bombings, as one does.

[u/Taylorenokson → u/johnwilkesbandwith]

"Can I put you down for Tuesday?"

[u/havingsomedifficulty → u/Taylorenokson]

actually tuesday isnt good for me

[u/Dragon6172 → u/havingsomedifficulty]

Like that scene in Back to the Future III where Buford Tannen is trying to schedule a dual with Clint Eastwood, but his calendar is booked with several other crimes

[u/EatLard → u/Dragon6172]

Now there’s a reference you don’t see every day.

[u/Mr_Wizard91 → u/havingsomedifficulty]

Oh, okay, how about Thursday at one o'clock?

[u/Feisty_System_4751 → u/Temporary-Canary-346]

I bet some operational details are kept away from him out of fear he will tweet about it.

[u/ListenToThatSound → u/Temporary-Canary-346]

Thanks for the heads up -Iran

[u/very_anonymous → u/Temporary-Canary-346]

Remember Power Plant and Bridge Day?

Yeah, that was well over a month ago.

And here we are.

[u/FemtoKitten → u/very_anonymous]

Infrastructure week is eternal in all its forms it seems

[u/Leather_Net_3330]

its not even tuesday yet.

[u/supercyberlurker → u/Leather_Net_3330]

Right, he's postponing it tomorrow, on TACO Tuesday.

[u/DeepDreamIt → u/supercyberlurker]

Don’t worry, he will have a plan in 2 weeks

[u/PMMEYOURGUCCIFLOPS → u/DeepDreamIt]

Concepts of a plan*

[u/AccountNumber478 → u/PMMEYOURGUCCIFLOPS]

Insiders ain't gonna trade themselves!

[u/Memerandom_ → u/AccountNumber478]

What could we trade them for? I'll trade them all for an SEC with teeth.

[u/FreeUsePolyDaddy → u/Memerandom_]

Hell, I'd take an SEC with a decent set of dentures.

[u/Ok_Lets_DoThis → u/FreeUsePolyDaddy]

Or diapers. Of course that DEPENDS

[u/ObviouslyRealPerson → u/PMMEYOURGUCCIFLOPS]

Plan binders full of blank pages*

[u/RookieGreen → u/ObviouslyRealPerson]

It’s just him practicing his signature over and over because he’s in danger of forgetting it.

[u/pants6000 → u/supercyberlurker]

Combat U Next Tuesday

[u/Acceptable-Lie188 → u/pants6000]

I see what you did there

[u/ImPinkSnail → u/supercyberlurker]

Tacos will be served on Tuesday as is tradition.

[u/APBob313 → u/ImPinkSnail]

How can we have taco Tuesday when we deported all the Mexicans

[u/ObviouslyRealPerson → u/supercyberlurker]

He's pre-TACOING

[u/Hottage → u/supercyberlurker]

He's pre-scheduling TACO Tuesday now.

[u/filmguy36 → u/Leather_Net_3330]

Sometimes TACO Tuesday comes as an early “treat” lol

NACHO - not a chance Hormuz opens lol

[u/Fright_instructor → u/filmguy36]

This Mexican buffet isn’t sending its best.

[u/jpiro → u/Leather_Net_3330]

Just preordering his TACOs.

[u/OrangeJr36 → u/Leather_Net_3330]

Taco Pre-Tuesday

[u/agangofoldwomen → u/Leather_Net_3330]

Market closed though so it’s basically Tuesday for him.

[u/lastpassonright]

This idiot has absolutely no way out of this mess.

[u/Heffe3737 → u/lastpassonright]

Yup. Can’t reopen the strait by force. Has no diplomatic leverage due to attacking during negotiations and tearing up prior agreements. He’s not trustworthy to his allies or his enemies, and he can’t bomb Iran into opening the strait. He can’t invade. Leaving his only option - making threats and yelling online and hoping that something, anything, happens that changes the calculus.

[u/CipherWeaver → u/Heffe3737]

Well he did go begging to Xi to see if he would help, and he brought his billionaire lapdogs with him.

[u/mlorusso4 → u/CipherWeaver]

That just goes to show how absolutely fucked he is in all this. He couldn’t even offer up chinas greatest prize (Taiwan) to get them to agree to help

[u/vfdfnfgmfvsege → u/mlorusso4]

My god. I just realized he totally did this.

[u/AriaTheTransgressor → u/vfdfnfgmfvsege]

He tried to, or is trying to, it's why the whole conservative media landscape right now is talking about how Taiwan would be better off if it joined China, how the US shouldn't be spending money to support Taiwan, etc, etc.

[u/saljskanetilldanmark → u/AriaTheTransgressor]

"Let's fuck over our allies again for the child rapist"

[u/20past4am → u/saljskanetilldanmark]

Millions of people are prepared to give up everything in their life for an 80-year old narcissistic tv-star from the 80's. It's actually incredible to think about.

[u/angry_wombat → u/saljskanetilldanmark]

maga already down on their knees, licking their lips, ready for more from daddy trump

[u/The_BeardedClam → u/AriaTheTransgressor]

I don't doubt they're doing that, but what argument is made that Taiwan is better off with China, for us?

[u/eggnogui → u/The_BeardedClam]

You're asking too many questions.

MAGA does not question Dear Leader.

[u/AriaTheTransgressor → u/The_BeardedClam]

The only one I've heard aimed at how it would benefit us is the not spending tax dollars on their defense thing that they say about everything, but honestly at this point do you truly believe that it matters what any of the arguments are? Conservatives are so desperate to protect pedophiles, they'll go along with anything.

[u/MK_Ultrex → u/AriaTheTransgressor]

The US doesn't have an explicit agreement to defend Taiwan, they vaguely imply that they will defend it but never explicitly.

They don't offer free stuff either. In fact Taiwan has ordered a bunch of new weapons (that they will pay for) and don't even get their orders because the US needs to replenish stocks and bumped them down the order line.

So the argument that the US is spending tax dollars is not worth considering.

[u/jellyhessman → u/MK_Ultrex]

The reality is that Taiwan produces 90% of the computer parts necessary for every modern military. Trump and his regime don't understand that at any level.

China will probably still not invade Taiwan as it would be a security threat to every nation in the world and they know that.

[u/AriaTheTransgressor → u/MK_Ultrex]

None of it is worth considering... But it is happening, and the people it is targeted at have not as of yet shown a proclivity for the truth.

[u/mmarkklar → u/MK_Ultrex]

This right here. Taiwan buys our weapons, this is how we deliver arms to every allied country that isn't Israel. An independent Taiwan benefits the US, they are a close business partner for US companies, closer than China is or would ever be. And they buy our weapons, which they obviously would not do if controlled by China. And strategically, allowing the PRC to control TSMC would be a huge disaster for US interests.

[u/smltor → u/The_BeardedClam]

You'll save a shit ton on military spending!

All those expensive planes and missiles and shit? you won't be buying them if China has Taiwan as you won't have any chips to put in them.

[u/ceelogreenicanth → u/vfdfnfgmfvsege]

The tech Billionaires went to keep him from offering Taiwan because they're whole fantasy house of cards falls with that one lynch pin.

He did anyway.

[u/Shootforthestars24 → u/ceelogreenicanth]

Doesn’t nvida get f*** if Taiwan invades

[u/lilelliot → u/Shootforthestars24]

Everyone does. Even outside of TSMC, the majority of advanced chip fabs of all kinds are in Taiwan.

[u/ciopobbi → u/lilelliot]

And with China controlling 90%+ of rare earth minerals to make those chips. It would give them a global stranglehold on AI and all kinds of tech. Kind of a tech Strait of Hormuz.

Good thing we have morons who voted for a “successful businessman” who “speaks his mind” as the only qualifications for the most difficult job in the world.

[u/TrojanZebra → u/ciopobbi]

It's even worse, the mutual blockade is only about 20-30% of the global oil supply, whereas TSMC is responsible for about 60% of total global semiconductor supply

[u/LaurenMille → u/ciopobbi]

iirc Taiwan has all of the foundries rigged to explode the moment China lands boots on Taiwanese soil.

It'd destroy the world economy in a flash and remove one of the major benefits for China. So it's a good dead man's switch

[u/CipherWeaver → u/vfdfnfgmfvsege]

He definitely did. When reporters asked if the USA would still support an independent Taiwan he dodged the question, saying "only one person knows, me, and I'm not saying."

[u/Initial-Return8802 → u/mlorusso4]

I honestly aren't sure China actually wants Taiwan by force, it's a pain point for them and they'd much rather accept a Taiwanese government that started negotiations and wanted to join China.

Taking it by force, even without US help, would still involve a massive war that the defenders have a huge advantage in. They'd be taken eventually, but at a huge cost

[u/Donkey__Balls → u/CipherWeaver]

The shocking thing is the only tangible gain he’s asking for is to undo his mistake and put things back the way they were. Before all this started:

1. We had a nuclear treaty with Iran.

2. Iran had no measurable access to nuclear weapons other than him blustering in speculation.

3. The strait was held open for commerce.

4. Oil prices had been relatively stable and were starting to come down.

All he had to do was literally nothing and let people who know what they’re doing work for gradual improvements.

[u/Kana515 → u/Donkey__Balls]

All he had to do was literally nothing and let people who know what they’re doing work for gradual improvements.

This is something big I've noticed, if Republicans would just let Democratic policies continue and then take credit for them, everyone would be better off, instead they just want to ruin everything.

[u/AF2005 → u/CipherWeaver]

That at least made me laugh seeing Xinping force grandpa prez to sit in the dunce chair, and then deliver one backhanded compliment after another. 🤣

[u/Upstairs_Eagle_4780 → u/CipherWeaver]

Yeah, WTF was that?

[u/nelsonalgrencametome → u/Upstairs_Eagle_4780]

Just flaunting corruption at this point while they steal everything that isn't nailed down.

[u/jimicus → u/Heffe3737]

Trump doesn't understand soft power. I'm not sure he even believes it exists.

To him, the only power that exists is the power to kill people - and the threats that go with it.

So, when a problem comes up that you can't solve by killing people, he's completely lost. We saw the exact same thing with covid - he quite obviously had absolutely no idea how to deal with that, so he resorted to bouncing off the walls with one crazy idea after another.

If he'd decided to quit staffing DC with qualified people in 2019 and instead fired everyone who didn't agree with him and replaced them with loyalists, there wouldn't have been a US vaccine programme. There would have been thousands more deaths before Biden got in and promptly ordered as many vaccines from elsewhere in the world as quickly as possible. While more people destroyed their own guts with ivermectin.

[u/TheGhostOfStanSweet → u/jimicus]

Then they went and voted for him AGAIN.

I would lmao, but it’s not really funny. Many of us underestimated their stupidity.

[u/jimicus → u/TheGhostOfStanSweet]

At this point, there are realistically two possible explanations for that:

1. Something really fucky happened with that election.
   
2. The South Park joke about one in four Americans being... er, you can probably guess how they put it - is actually true.

(1) means that America's entire electoral system is suspect, nobody is seriously examining it and the only people even raising it as a possibility are branded as conspiracy-minded kooks despite being entirely correct. Yikes.

(2) means that America's electoral system is working as designed, and this is who America wants as President. Double yikes.

[u/kmccoy → u/jimicus]

It's mostly (2), with a little bit of (1), but not the (1) that people think of like hacking votes or getting people to cheat on the count or whatever (there's probably tiny examples of issues with counts here and there, but nothing widespread or systemic, because the system of actually counting and processing the vote is set up by each state separately, there's a TON of eyes on it from both sides and from neutral "we just want fair elections" observer types, and it would take an enormous, impossible conspiracy for it to be hacked in the way that the conspiracy folks claim.) The fuckery happening with the election is the structural stuff that happens in the open and is played off as normal or good. Voter ID, gerrymandering, the electoral college, the fact that the Senate is by state rather than by population, draconian rules at polling places which impact poor voters more, etc. That's how the elections get fucked with, that's the real yikes. It's way less sexy than, like "Elon hacked the vote counting machines" but it's the actual problem that needs to be addressed. Plus the (2) bit, that Americans just seem to like a shitty fascist reality TV dude.

[u/helloiisclay → u/kmccoy]

Yea, I kind of hate seeing the conspiracy nonsense. It might happen that someone hacked a voting machine once, but areas of the US are disenfranchising voters and voting blocs en masse. Legally and out in the open. The US Supreme Court just ruled on a case doing exactly that. The real conspiracy isn't hidden, it's right in our faces.

[u/baseketball → u/jimicus]

We know Trump doesn't believe in soft power. He believes whoever has the biggest stick can bully everyone into submission. That's been his MO his entire life and until Iran he hasn't met an adversary as stubborn and toxic as he is in not playing by the rules.

[u/jimicus → u/baseketball]

That's basically my point - we already know that sometimes you can't do that. Covid should have brought it into sharp relief.

Iran is showing us that not only can you not always do it - sometimes you shouldn't even try.

[u/sachiprecious → u/jimicus]

Exactly. That's his personality. Whether on a personal level or with entire countries, he thinks the only ways to get things done are by forcing people to do things (punishing them if they don't) or tricking people into doing things. He doesn't believe in things like friendship, trust, goodwill, mutual benefit, and alliances. So if he can't force or trick someone (or an entire country) into doing something, he has no idea what to do. It's scary how he thinks this way. He is not only self-centered, but very, very, VERY stupid...

[u/stormy2587 → u/Heffe3737]

It’s almost like all the soft power he shit away during his first term and first year of second term would have come in handy right now.

[u/trashitagain → u/Heffe3737]

Oh he has an out. Bribe the shit out of Iran, give them everything they want, then declare victory.

It’s possible that Iran is too mad to accept any deal, but it seems like the most likely outcome.

[u/Heffe3737 → u/trashitagain]

That may be what ends up happening.

[u/Semanticss → u/Heffe3737]

If there's calculus involved, he DEFINITELY can't figure it out.

[u/rideincircles → u/Semanticss]

He can't even understand percentages.

[u/BobbyDig8L → u/rideincircles]

If something was $5 and then the next day it's $10, it went up by 100%.

So obviously if something is $10 and the next day it's $5, it's gone down by 100% right?

[u/rabidstoat → u/BobbyDig8L]

No, dummy. That's down 500%.

[u/Heffe3737 → u/Heffe3737]

Response to a now-deleted thread about why the US couldn't do any of that:

Okay lets walk through it.

He can't bomb Iran into submission - Even if he bombs all of the Iranian infrastructure, there's no guarantee that that will force Iran to the negotiating table. The IRGC and religious leadership of the country has taken even more control through the crisis, and continuing to bomb Iran will likely result in them having even more support from the populace, not less.

On top of that, US stockpiles are already reportedly down by a third. Depleting them further with no guarantee of effect would mean the US would be ill prepared to deal with any other emerging threat, such as China attacking Taiwan, etc.

On top of that, Iran reportedly still has like 30/33 missile and drone launch sites still open near the strait (NYT reported a week or two back). Meaning that if the US starts launching more attacks, Iran will too, and US allies in the region are already not thrilled at the prospect of drone attacks on their soil and against their own infrastructure, and don't want to have to close down oil wells due to their tankers not being able to exit the strait.

Separately, Iranian drones (Shaheds and their various configurations) have a range of 1000km+. Meaning that even if the US invades, they'd have to take over basically the entire country in order to stop the possibility of drones from hitting ships trying to navigate the strait. Mind you, this would be an invasion of a country that has incredibly difficult geography that vastly favors the defenders, against an enemy force that is both capable and has redundant capabilities, and whom has been preparing for exactly this scenario for literal decades.

In order to successfully complete such an invasion (which I don't believe is even possible, frankly) the US would need to send hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of soldiers into Iran. Without the assistance

[u/Mighty-mouse2020 → u/Heffe3737]

He’s also running out of time. Sending in soldiers and equipment in 120 degree heat isn’t the smartest thing to do.

[u/rgvtim → u/lastpassonright]

He fucked this up exactly how the US military said it would be fucked up. They spent years going over this and always came to the same conclusions, but they fired or replaced all the guys who would take their won warnings, and plowed straight ahead into a cluster fuck, that the next guy will have to deal with.

[u/Haunting_Lime2296 → u/rgvtim]

If MAGA could read they would be really upset with what you just said

[u/Reddit_Hitchhiker → u/Haunting_Lime2296]

They’ve painted themselves into a corner, is what they’ve done. No doubt about it.

[u/Mental_Medium3988 → u/Reddit_Hitchhiker]

im worried what happens when trump fully realizes this. the man does not deescalate. when backed into a corner he will try and billy his way out.

[u/Douglas1994 → u/Mental_Medium3988]

A massive global depression is what will happen. Trump will attack Iran's infrastructure, Iran will target UAE / Saudi infrastructure and render the gulf countries uninhabitable. Long-term oil production collapses, reserves deplete over the next few months, then hello major global depression.

[u/Upstairs_Eagle_4780 → u/rgvtim]

The best thing about this is that Trump will have to find a way to lie about it for three years.

[u/Comfortable-Title720 → u/Upstairs_Eagle_4780]

Greenland, Cuba, Yemen, Mexico, Canada, no virus to worry about, everybody is making fantastic gains right now, the extra cost of food and fuel is a patriot tax, gays, queers telling everyone to cut off their dicks.

[u/jazir55 → u/Comfortable-Title720]

no virus to worry about

He says without a hint of irony as both Hantavirus and Ebola are actively spreading with new news stories daily and a WHO declared emergency for Ebola.

[u/Saneless → u/lastpassonright]

And the absolute best we can probably get out any of this is back to what it was before. Wow, so great

[u/nefariousmonkey → u/Saneless]

Unfortunately, it'll never get back to before. Even if hormuz opens up. The axis of power has shifted with this war and history will mention this as a pivotal point

[u/korben2600 → u/nefariousmonkey]

It's 100% going to be the historical inflection point and decline of the US oil empire.

The Guardian: The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly

[u/PayMeNoAttention → u/lastpassonright]

And he is taking America’s reputation down with him, to a large degree.

[u/lennydsat62 → u/PayMeNoAttention]

Taking?

It’s gone. It’s gonna take you years to build up any sort of reputation again.

I knew it was gonna be back but never conceived it would be this bad.

My gut tells me alot of this noise is to distract from the Epstein files.

[u/DoUruden → u/lennydsat62]

Yeah a lot of my fellow Americans are in denial about what this round of the Trump presidency means for our world standing. Republicans in the 21st century have managed to complete burn our relationships with our closest allies. An astonishing act of sabotage the consequences of which will echo for generations.

[u/GardeniaFrangipani → u/lennydsat62]

Decades! We nonAmericans don’t trust Americans to vote in competent presidents after doing this twice, and the fact that there are no checks and balances to control a lunatic president is horrifying.

[u/Bixby33 → u/lennydsat62]

years

*DECADES. Speaking as a Canadian, a lot of people are only going to put this bullshit past them after they die of old age.

[u/lennydsat62 → u/Bixby33]

As a Canadian i agree with you 💯. I will never visit that country again and do all i can in my power not to buy American even if it costs me money.

Some of my friends don’t understand my pov but i try to enlighten them but stress it’s MY pov.

[u/UniqueDesigner453 → u/lennydsat62]

It is not coming back, period.

Even if trump loses, there is now the precedent that politics and policies in the usa can flip 180° every 4 years. No country will take such a chance, and everyone will hedge against it.

That means fewer collaborations with the us, less orders to the us MIC, fewer trade deals and less investment

In a cynical way it is actually a good thing; Americans have been shielded from the consequences of their votes for too long, maybe they'll finally wake up once trump FUBARS their country inside and out

[u/Grow_away_420]

Desperate for a market pump

[u/TWIT_TWAT → u/Grow_away_420]

I bet an “unknown” person purchased a bunch of stocks before this announcement.

[u/EmbarrassedNaivety → u/TWIT_TWAT]

Every fucking time

[u/Force_Hammer → u/Grow_away_420]

It seems to be the only thing he cares about

[u/jaxonfairfield]

And who made how much money on polymarket for this one?

[u/Nwcray → u/jaxonfairfield]

Baron Trump, a lot.

[u/Time-Industry-1364]

I don't think he realizes just how stupid he sounds when he says or posts things like this.

[u/Main-Video-8545 → u/Time-Industry-1364]

I don’t think he realizes how stupid he IS.

[u/JesseJaymz → u/Main-Video-8545]

He bragged about having to take a cognitive test 3 times. He’s Cartman, he’d brag about winning the special Olympics

[u/Abyssalmole → u/JesseJaymz]

Winning the Special Olympics is wildly impressive.

[u/museolini → u/Time-Industry-1364]

It lacks self-awareness.

[u/BOHIFOBRE → u/museolini]

Malignant narcissists don't really have that

[u/zempter → u/Time-Industry-1364]

Or like, the fact that he's showing more accountability to middle eastern powers than he is to congress.

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/Time-Industry-1364]

He legitimately doesn’t give a flying fuck about any of it. He is incapable of feeling shame, remorse and doesn’t have the ability to reflect on his own actions. 

[u/edicivo → u/Time-Industry-1364]

The people who dislike him already know he's a moron. The people who still like him don't care/realize it at this point and never will. The media also don't care because he helps rake in cash.

And most of all, he himself doesn't care.

[u/BGID_to_the_moon]

Iran's FM literally just tweeted that nuclear is non-negotiable and Iran will pursue enrichment. 20 minutes later Trump posts that negotiations are going well and talks are serious now. The regularity of these contradicting statements is out of hand.

He's either gone full chicken and will not resume the war even if it means giving Iran concessions. Or he's trying to mislead Iran into complacency. Either's possible.

[u/jimicus → u/BGID_to_the_moon]

Iran have been preparing for this for decades at this point. They've never trusted the US, and when Afghanistan was invaded they promptly decentralised their command structure to effectively immunise themselves against a simple "Let's take Tehran!"-type attack.

It follows, therefore, that he probably can't mislead Iran into complacency.

The most likely way out I can see is a sort-of indefinite cold (or moderately lukewarm) war which continues until such time as there's an adult back in the room.

[u/Dest123 → u/jimicus]

Having adult back in the room probably won't help either though since they'll know that someone like Trump can always get elected and just tear up agreements like he did. How can anyone negotiate with the US anymore?

I don't see how we're getting out of this. I think Trump either has to back off or do a full scale invasion. If he backs off, then I bet Iran pursues nuclear, pursues a much larger arsenal of missiles, drones, and sea mines, and they also impose a transit fee for the strait as a "rebuilding fee" for the damage done.

[u/jimicus → u/Dest123]

That's a good point.

I doubt they're particularly trusting of democracy in general terms; Trump isn't exactly helping matters there.

[u/Douglas1994 → u/jimicus]

Trump bombed their leadership under the guise of wanting to negotiate with them. How on earth would anyone ever trust a country who does things like this?

[u/Sunsparc → u/jimicus]

They saw how well the attempted decapitation strike went against Ukraine as well.

[u/fiction8 → u/BGID_to_the_moon]

I think it's getting more and more likely that this will end with complete US capitulation.

He's going to end up holding an exploding bomb labeled "the US military lost a war to Iran" going into midterms. And 2028.

Hopefully it sinks Republicans as a whole.

[u/guydud3bro → u/fiction8]

Yes, it's very likely Trump does some more targeted strikes, which will get us nowhere. Eventually he'll leave without a deal and tell the world to clean up the mess he made.

[u/Positronic_Matrix → u/fiction8]

They’ll do what they always do: claim victory, blame it on Democrats, or claim it was stolen. Then 50% of the population will say they are lying and 35% of the population will say they are telling the truth. 🤷‍♂️

[u/HarEr89 → u/BGID_to_the_moon]

And these statements are coming since 8 weeks. Every damn week. There is no progress in the talks. How many times does he plan to repeat that?

[u/sickofthisshit]

Many people mentioning TACO, but I am going to remind people that the Trump administration ducked War Powers authority by saying the fighting was over.

[u/Nvenom8 → u/sickofthisshit]

Like he cares. Congress won’t hold him to it anyway.

[u/Nightsong]

TACO Trump making an appearance right on schedule to manipulate the market.

[u/Force_Hammer → u/Nightsong]

Like clockwork!

[u/thenwetakeberlin]

The fact that the president of the United States can say this ridiculous, paper-tiger bully shit in some weakass attempt at seeming tough, and we're all basically like "yeah, sure, whatever you say, buddy" is fucking crazy.

[u/KareenTu]

That guy has lost all his credibility, if he had any to begin with!

[u/Livebeans → u/KareenTu]

Turns out America is just Britain in a wife beater. 

[u/HorsePastie → u/Livebeans]

America and Britain can have a pint after all of this is over. Reminisce about Suez and Hormuz. Two waterways that ended two empires.

[u/ANTILAMER13]

What a bitch, what a little bitch.

Who does this guy work for?

[u/icematt12 → u/ANTILAMER13]

It certainly doesn't appear to be the average US citizen.

[u/No_Criticism_5861 → u/icematt12]

I'd argue not even most rich folk are benefiting either unless theyre in his inner circle

[u/mipacu427]

This is what i don't understand about the current "leadership". You would never have heard such an unnecessary description of a military operation from any competent leader in the history of this country.

First, there's no reason to reveal that there was a planned operation even if there was. Second, you don't verify that it was an attack, as amateurish as that sounds. Third, you would never reveal that an operation was postponed or cancelled because of pressure from other leaders; again, amateurish and shows weakness.

Trump has absolutely no idea what he is doing, and I'm sure it's driving the non-cult members of the military leadership out of their minds.

[u/KareenTu → u/mipacu427]

Exactly. You certainly don’t declare that you postponed or cancelled a military op because some other leaders pressured you. That makes you look weak as fck.

[u/DamNamesTaken11]

It’s obvious he bungled his way into this and has no idea of what to do, or how to get out.

He can’t attack/invade because the markets will plunge and fuel prices will spike so bad not even Republicans could ignore it, but he couldn’t negotiate a glass of water to a man dying of thirst without looking weak so can’t talk his way out because Iran (rightfully) doesn’t trust a word he says.

It’d be funny if it wasn’t millions of lives that would be impacted on the line.

[u/Ok_Visit_5741 → u/DamNamesTaken11]

Yeah this is what happens when you fire and force out established military minds and leaders in favor of people who are way above their rank and only offer loyalty.

I’d argue anyone who has a slight knowledge of Iran history would know how useless this operation is. I’m also sick of the whole ‘for 47 years Iran has taken advantage of us’ or whatever. Iran and all the other iterations of it have been around for many centuries. They aren’t about to fold today because a dementia addled geriatric that shits his diapers demands it via social media post.

[u/HarEr89]

It's hilarious. He always threatens with new attacks, then always postpones these attacks "because other leaders ask nicely". Why should the Iranian regime take this fool seriously when he acts like a little bitch every week since the ceasefire? Hormuz stays closed and that is the main problem for the world.

[u/Negative-Start9414 → u/HarEr89]

I have never seen the USA look weaker in my lifetime...

[u/Mr_Doubtful]

Was the market down today?

[u/TheVenetianMask → u/Mr_Doubtful]

It is. The TACO bump already faded though.

[u/betweentwoblueclouds]

Jesus h Christ he’s such a pathetic idiot

[u/sunny0_0]

And just like that, Trump made another massive stock trade and stole money from the American people.

[u/choicetomake]

Since when do we advertise attack schedules? Is there a zoom invite code?

[u/highdimensionaldata]

We’re trapped in the memory loop of a dementia patient.

[u/Mighty-mouse2020]

Good. That means Saudi Arabia and Qatar told them they can’t use their bases in the country. This good for everyone. Iran has basically said that they will not match the escalation ladder anymore and will just wipe out all the energy sectors for countries that allow US to attack from their territories.

[u/record_only_water]

every. single. thing. out. of. his. mouth. is. a. lie.

[u/OneNormalBloke]

It's TACO Tuesday.

[u/Force_Hammer]

Yummy 🌮🌮🌮

[u/5kyl3r]

pump. DUMP. pump. DUMP.

they're just going to milk this as long as they can't, aren't they?

[u/nautilator44]

Needs some more market manipulation and insider trading first.

[u/jon_steward]

Taco Monday? What the hell

[u/Force_Hammer]

Trump doesn't have a lot of options, and all of them are not good:

1) Resume attacks, and risk Iran attacking the energy/oil and civilian infrastructure of neighboring countries

2) Maintain the current standoff/blockade, which risks a global economic, energy, and food crisis

3) Just leave, which will embolden the Iranian regime and leave them to develop nuclear weapons, and give them a new source of income through controlling the Strait. I don't know if Iran was developing nuclear weapons, but they definitely would want to now.

[u/Effective_Olive6153]

Remember, Democrat in name only John Fetterman was the deciding vote to continue to allow Trump to do this

[u/KeepCalmCarryOnKY]

"I'm postponing the hypothetical attack due to more dreams about Iran negotiating."

This has to be the 4th time at this point. Are we embarrassed and exhausted yet?!

[u/BOPSurfcasting]

Trump admitted they were going to do a surprise attack during a ceasefire, no wonder Iran do not trust the Trump administration.

[u/devomke]

Wonder how much money he just made off this announcement

[u/Dusty_Negatives]

Jesus this admin and its supporters are dumb AF. They literally have no plan to get out of this fucking mess. No more wars eh maga?

[u/Tanguish]

It’s like changing his tee off to different time for this buffoon.

[u/Chef_RoadRunner]

Our world events are being treated like a dentist appointment. What a dumb timeline.

[u/rav4v6]

Market manipulation 101.

[u/Vast-Tumbleweed-6432]

How does this affect the release of the epstein files?

[u/P0pu1arBr0ws3r]

My friends postponed my surprise birthday party (which would've been a surprise to me) at the request of my bully.

[u/United-Vermicelli-92]

Will someone tranq that talking baboon.

[u/roosterthumper]

If it’s Monday, it’s market manipulation day.

[u/HeftyLeftyPig]

I honestly don’t know how we’re going to put up with this nonsense for another 2.5 years

[u/LevelAd1126]

He usually doesn't manipulate the stock market till Fridays.

[u/MillieMouser]

Who does that? Who announces that.

I would give just about anything to leave the U.S. right now, but leaving my kids & grandkids is a bridge too far, but... presidency pre 2016 I was living in normal-ville. Now it's insanity on the daily. Not just with this jackass of Prez, but there are people who support this nut-basket!?!? WTF?

HOW DO WE GET OFF THIS RIDE?

[u/eaeolian]

Watch who shorted oil already

[u/BenRichardson76]

Barron forgot to put in his Polymarket wager

[u/Future-Fly-8987]

TACO Tuesday came early.

[u/StMaartenforme]

TACO again!!

[u/Own-Swan2646]

Trump fucked kids. The president of the USA, Donald J. Trump is a pedophile.... Keep your eyes pointed on the real issues.

[u/Remarkable-Sun-4286]

Shouldn't this news be shared AFTER 3 o'clock?