Trillion dollar valuation right here.

Not even a ceasefire just a straight defeat.

Probably why it won’t last, or at least violated several times.

Trump wanted an off ramp, but ultimately, it was Iran that handed it to him. Probably won’t do much else in the end but buying time.

What do they have to lose though? The moment the US starts bombing again the missiles start to fly.

What they lose is momentum. Oil prices, which is basically the only thing the Trump base cares about, are already falling, and if the ceasefire ever breaks, it will take quite some time to build them back up again. A lot of countries are already making plans to diversify away from the Gulf to mitigate that risk, some are looking into pipelines to avoid the strait altogether. All of which diminishes what leverage Iran has.

A second closure of the strait of Hormuz will much, much less effective.

Secondly, the politicians, journos and billionaires who supported that war on Iran are still very much here. This is far from over. The Americans will be back; not tomorrow, maybe not even this year, but when some opportunity arises again. This war was Iran’s chance to engrave into the American psyche some Vietnam-like PTSD every time they hear the word “Hormuz”, to make sure they never, ever try an attack like this again. With this ceasefire, they’re forfeiting that too, further allowing the US to buy more time.

Will still be the case; they need to fund the reparations.

when his demands were met?

were they?

Iran did not give up its uranium, nor was there regime change. The only thing he got was getting the strait open, but that was never a problem before the war he started.

Their Foreign Minister did reply to the proposal, promising to open the strait, their only leverage, for the duration of the negotiations.

What bothers me is that the Iranians seem to take this bait literally without being too critical. They’re basically saying that they’re ready to open the strait right away for negotiations to happen, even when Trump bombed their country during the previous ones. I think they will come to regret this.

He just did. No idea how.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-us-israel?post-id=cmnp78f2e00003b6sdhw1tohe

The ubiquitous two more weeks.

$500 million was probably just wired from some Epstein fund directly to the Pakistan PM’s account.

Not theoretically, but oil prices just went down.

Well, looks like he TACOed in the end.

Possibly, but its more likely that he just commits more warcirmes and further undermines American hegemony. The point of the far left in advocating for Trump was accelerationist; it’s that he would speed up the collapse of the American Empire. No one expected that this would come without a heavy cost. Kamala would have just delayed the inevitable by a few more years.

Low (10-15%), which is still higher than in “normal” times. Truth is, the elites around him don’t want the world to end while there’s still something left in it for them to exploit. They’ll likely stop him in time if it ever comes to this point. However, it isn’t guaranteed.

There’s no suggestions. There’s no good ending to this.

Oh right, more escalation! I see no other possibility but for that to have a productive ending.

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Canada don’t carry firearms

Why are they even allowed to operate there? Has Canada completely given up on the idea of being a sovereign country?

all gold is inherently worthless and pure speculation.

Gold has practical applications, such as acting as a conductor for microchips.

Claims that he’s “personally funding” “Taiwan Independence”

How would that materialize? Because if it’s by selling weapons, they’ve never been shy about it.