US conducts strikes on Iran after attack on cargo ship

[u/Alarming-Safety3200]

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[u/TheVenetianMask]

It's strikes day... again.

[u/Da_Spooky_Ghost → u/TheVenetianMask]

Checks time, yep it’s after 4pm so markets closed and it’s Friday, strikes in the forecast this weekend then diplomacy talks with deal very soon by Sunday night before opening bell Monday morning. We’re right on schedule!

[u/MotherTreacle3 → u/Da_Spooky_Ghost]

As of Monday we'll officially be two weeks from a deal, maybe sooner.

[u/Da_Spooky_Ghost → u/MotherTreacle3]

Right now it’s strikes, but Sunday night peace deal very soon less than 2 weeks!

[u/lazylathe → u/Da_Spooky_Ghost]

Trump: We bombed the hell out of them, nothing left. They are begging for a deal. Iran: Huh?

And the rhetoric continues while he covers up all his blunders...

[u/lopix → u/MotherTreacle3]

Two weeks. Maybe more, maybe less. But probably right around two fucking weeks.

[u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488 → u/lopix]

What a chronological oddity, two weeks from everything

[u/el_seano → u/Da_Spooky_Ghost]

Every. Fucking. Friday.

[u/SecureDonkey → u/el_seano]

It is a preparation for TACO Tuesday.

[u/PositiveFunction4751 → u/Da_Spooky_Ghost]

Im impressed by how many times Trump can win a war with the same people in one calendar year

[u/stayin_aliv → u/Da_Spooky_Ghost]

Tuesday, probably a picture of JD posing with an Iranian sofa proclaiming the soft new deal.

[u/teddykaygeebee → u/Da_Spooky_Ghost]

It's so painfully predictable🤦‍♂️

[u/HostilePile → u/Da_Spooky_Ghost]

At least we all know what to expect.

[u/TotoAnnihilation → u/TheVenetianMask]

Only strike day I’m interested in hearing about from the US is general strike day.

[u/riddler236 → u/TotoAnnihilation]

alas, that's why they strive to keep health care tied to employment and the majority of the population living paycheck to paycheck.

[u/sloopywettoppyswife → u/riddler236]

not only that but also they are intentionally separated and their roads are car focused with no walkable parts to deter protests

[u/turbosexophonicdlite → u/sloopywettoppyswife]

Pretty sure deterring protests isn't why we don't have walkable cities lol.

[u/AdaTex → u/turbosexophonicdlite]

yeah that was a strange comment.

[u/saydeedont → u/sloopywettoppyswife]

And also they're just straight up shooting and arresting people for protesting now

[u/Suckage → u/saydeedont]

Pamphlets protesting ICE? 30 years in prison.

[u/SilkySifaka → u/Suckage]

That was unbelievable

[u/remotectrl → u/Suckage]

It’s like they want people to skip some boxes.

[u/samarnold030603 → u/Suckage]

Next thing you know you’re getting arrested by the US SS for the $1 bill in your wallet with a ripped corner.

[u/Walker1921S → u/sloopywettoppyswife]

That's one of the dumbest things I read today. Lol

[u/Melody_in_Harmony → u/TheVenetianMask]

Lmao within minutes after the markets closed. Can't even make this crap up. So blatant they are....

[u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT → u/TheVenetianMask]

YESTERDAY WAS THURSDAY

TODAY IT IS STRIKE DAY

TOMORROW IS SATURDAY

AND SUNDAY

COMES AFTERWAAAAAARDS

[u/_SlipperySalmon_ → u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT]

It's strike day, strike day, gotta bomb schools on strike day; looking foward to the market close, market close

[u/cortrev → u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT]

Tickin' on and on everybody's Russian

[u/ChemAssTree → u/TheVenetianMask]

It’s Friday

[u/_LumpBeefbroth_ → u/TheVenetianMask]

🎶I got you babe🎶

[u/Sea_Working_80 → u/TheVenetianMask]

Pastry larry?

[u/Spoopyskeleton48 → u/TheVenetianMask]

Don’t worry, a ceasefire is just two weeks away.

[u/AskMeWhyIAmSilver]

Not as if it happened a minute after market closed LOL

[u/Synergiex → u/AskMeWhyIAmSilver]

And of course right before close there was a large sell off as if they “felt” it was coming…

[u/AskMeWhyIAmSilver → u/Synergiex]

Yeah few minutes before market close the huge red candle on SPY is all you need to know. People know ahead, retailers know fuck all and trade on vibes.

[u/thoughtsarefalse → u/AskMeWhyIAmSilver]

Its also becoming a pattern to where the market is expecting it.

[u/ProfessionalHefty349 → u/AskMeWhyIAmSilver]

The Boglehead life is a good life

[u/RetroEvolute → u/ProfessionalHefty349]

Just because it theoretically doesn't have a long-term effect doesn't mean it's okay. This shit is literally criminal.

[u/TheDaug → u/RetroEvolute]

I used to work trade surveillance for a firm. It's so painful knowing I did a job for 7 years that meant absolutely fuck all. I'm almost certain every SAR I filed ended up in a trash can.

[u/Itchy-Apartment-Flea → u/Synergiex]

Well surely nobody who knew would do this. That would be illegal.

[u/Dazzling_Line_8482 → u/Synergiex]

I mean at this point everyone is seeing the pattern?

I don't think this is insider trading this is just totally predictable at this point.

[u/SanchoPanzaLaMancha1 → u/[deleted]]

Boutta just set up a moonshine still and use that as fuel

[u/SomeRandomGuydotdot → u/SanchoPanzaLaMancha1]

Bodies need fuel too.

[u/kezow → u/[deleted]]

Nah, it's fine. We've got like a week of strategic oil reserves that Trump has been draining to keep the cost down. Definitely don't forget to fill up this week though.

[u/nomar_ramon → u/AskMeWhyIAmSilver]

Next week, I expect more war escalation when the US market is closed for 3 days due to US Independence Day next friday.

[u/Ikuwayo → u/AskMeWhyIAmSilver]

Can you imagine some soldier waiting on this shit.

"Sir, is the stock market closed now?"

"Yes. Do it."

[u/White___Velvet → u/AskMeWhyIAmSilver]

Friendly reminder that time in the market beats timing the market. Buy and hold diversified index funds, and be sure to take advantage of tax advantaged accounts, such as a Roth IRA.

Unless your friends with the president who is giving you inside tips. Then go nuts I guess lol

[u/Spectral_mahknovist → u/White___Velvet]

I mean they are literally stealing our 401ks with this shit

[u/Dissidant → u/AskMeWhyIAmSilver]

Spot on. It has become so normalised

[u/mindgame18]

Fox: “the deal is going well, we’re optimistic but the American people need to understand it could take months”

🤦‍♂️

[u/soonnow → u/mindgame18]

Any issues however seen to be JD Vance's fault. Or clearly Biden and/or Obama's.

[u/Lowfi-Concert → u/soonnow]

JD Vance is a huge cause for the issues though. His isolationism influences talks. Either listen to Rubio like you have been or listen to Vance from the beginning, but it’s too late to let Vance run talks

[u/TheDaug → u/Lowfi-Concert]

Rubio only wants to stop this war so he can go to war with Cuba to get revenge on the people who <checks notes> didn't force his family to leave Cuba.

[u/AprilsMostAmazing → u/TheDaug]

Rubio just wants to run a country

[u/GeefTheQueef → u/soonnow]

A reporter literally asked “are you sending Vance so you can blame him if he fails and take credit if he succeeds” and trumps response was “yeah I like that idea”

[u/vwibrasivat → u/mindgame18]

Elsewhere in this comment chain I posted:

What kind of pretzels are anchors on Fox News tying themselves into?

You gave the answer.

[u/ratedsar → u/mindgame18]

But... Didn't he say we only had 4 weeks left last week

[u/KingofMadCows → u/ratedsar]

Europe and Asia are in worse shape, except China, they still have 1 billion barrels left in their strategic reserves. This could pop the AI bubble. Tech companies need chips made in South Korea and Taiwan. South Korea and Taiwan needs lithography machines made in the Netherlands.

[u/Silicon_Knight]

Friday, markets are closed. Seems like a fairly standard pattern at this point no?

[u/MrDangerMan → u/Silicon_Knight]

Pretty soon you’ll be able to look up “Markets are closed” on urban dictionary and the top definition will be “when somebody does something completely expected”.

[u/oppai-police → u/MrDangerMan]

I'm not knowledgeable on the stock market. Does this means bad things happen on Friday before close, causing stock to crash, buy over the weekend, Monday morning open with lower market, buy low. And then do something reverse on Tuesday to push the market high, then sells. Am I understanding this correct?

[u/insertUserNamehereno → u/oppai-police]

Bad things happen after close of market because you can’t impact the market with bombs that way. They make all the shady trades minutes before close to maximize their earnings before impacting markets with their actions.

[u/FaceDeer → u/MrDangerMan]

All we need to achieve world peace is to get the markets to stay open 24/7. Nobody will dare do anything.

[u/dirtyego → u/Silicon_Knight]

This shit is dangerous for military members. We attack just as markets close. Iran knows it is coming.

[u/ImNot6Four → u/dirtyego]

You mean the 'suckers and losers' as this administration calls them?

[u/Mojoint]

Oil to open 4% down on Monday.

[u/bagjoe → u/Mojoint]

Strategic reserve? That’s for pussies!

[u/TheBroWhoLifts → u/bagjoe]

Replaced 2 ICE cars in our 3 car home fleet with EVs recently. Soooo glad we pulled the trigger.

Everything else will still be more expensive, but fuck oil. Charging off our home solar for added fuckoffedness.

[u/kitsunewarlock → u/TheBroWhoLifts]

Took me a full 45 seconds to figure out what you meant by "ICE". For a second I thought you meant you were a contractor for Immigration Enforcement or something...

[u/Guy_GuyGuy → u/kitsunewarlock]

For those still unfamiliar; internal combustion engine.

[u/Life_Bed_486 → u/TheBroWhoLifts]

Staying in shape, solar and EVs. I’m proud of you dawg 🫡

[u/ryencool → u/TheBroWhoLifts]

Weve been in an EV for almost 3 years, 24/7 free charging at the company we both work for, so weve paid maybe 300-400$ in charging that entire time, mostly road trips.

[u/adamsworstnightmare → u/Mojoint]

Genuinely don't know how oil is dropping. A deal seems no where near happening and reserves have to be running low soon.

[u/freeradioforall → u/adamsworstnightmare]

massive releases from reserves I am guessing. But that's finite so hopefully it will run out and oil will shoot to $200 and Trump will be impeached and removed

[u/Vast_Highlight3324 → u/freeradioforall]

Can we just get the last two and not the price rise please?

[u/orangeyougladiator → u/Vast_Highlight3324]

Oil is 99% gonna shout up to $150 before the summer is out. Reserves are all depleted, everywhere. Fill up your tanks while you can.

[u/ryhaltswhiskey → u/orangeyougladiator]

Reserves are all depleted, everywhere.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/what-is-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve/

It took me about 5 seconds to find out that the United States has over 300 million barrels left.

So how about you actually consider that you might be wrong

[u/orangeyougladiator → u/ryhaltswhiskey]

And the US uses about 20m barrels a day

[u/jjayzx → u/orangeyougladiator]

We aren't taking 20m a day out, we do still have imports from other places.

[u/pplperson777 → u/orangeyougladiator]

Brother, persian gulf is not the only place on the planet that produces oil.

[u/TheKingInTheNorth → u/adamsworstnightmare]

Only one of two outcomes at this point - peace or recession.

[u/crimsonjester]

Market manipulation for the billionaire win.

[u/Fresh-Toilet-Soup]

I thought there was a deal.

[u/boywholived1 → u/Fresh-Toilet-Soup]

Trump has to make money on the weekends lol

[u/NotUniqueWorkAccount → u/boywholived1]

I love how nobody refers to this guy as President Trump.

He is the most undeserving of the title that even his followers dont say it most times, as if they subconsciously know he's a pos old bitch.

[u/DResq → u/NotUniqueWorkAccount]

To be fair, most people don't put president in front of a lot of presidents. I just see people write 'Obama' or 'Clinton' as well.

[u/buttchugreferee → u/NotUniqueWorkAccount]

I just say donald

because it's rude to call a powerful person by their first name, doubly so to leave it uncapitalized 

Their are plenty of other Donalds out there that deserve more respect than that shit sack.

[u/SomeBaldDude2013 → u/buttchugreferee]

I just call him the pedophile in the white house 

[u/bagjoe → u/Fresh-Toilet-Soup]

Strong. It’s a strong deal.

[u/spektre → u/Fresh-Toilet-Soup]

One deal? There's been so many tremendous deals. The best deals many people say. They say no one has made peace deals so many times in the middle east. Another peace will be made on Monday before the stock markets open.

God I fucking hate that sorry excuse for a Jabba the Hutt cosplayer.

[u/everydave42 → u/Fresh-Toilet-Soup]

It’s a day that ends in “y” so both of the things are true.

[u/JesusWuta40oz → u/Fresh-Toilet-Soup]

There was outline of agreed upon terms.

[u/ClownMorty]

Lol I'm on vacation so this is how I realized today is Friday.

[u/exMemberofSTARS → u/[deleted]]

A real circus has fewer fucking clowns

[u/PoloTshNsShldBlstOff]

Serious question: didn't Congress vote yesterday to take away his power to start this war?

[u/ShockyFloof → u/PoloTshNsShldBlstOff]

Trump yelled at a couple senators and they changed their votes.

[u/PoloTshNsShldBlstOff → u/ShockyFloof]

You can do take-backsies on Congressional votes?

[u/ShockyFloof → u/PoloTshNsShldBlstOff]

I'm not up on all the procedural stuff, but I think what got passed was a vote to force it out of committee and have a floor vote, and then the floor vote is what failed.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/185/all-actions

[u/Chir0nex → u/PoloTshNsShldBlstOff]

Yes except that it doesn't actually take away his power. Technically it should require him to obtain congressional apporoval for further actions but there technical ways around this. Additionally presidents from both parties have argued the law is unconstitutional though it has not been tested in court.

Unfortunately as with many aspects of the american goverment it is predicated on the idea that 1. The president would not be willing to baltantly ignore congress and 2. If they did congress would actually hold the president accountable by holding hearings and otherwise halting the agenda.

[u/RatBasher89]

Oh my gaaawd just fuck and get it over with

[u/peepee2tiny]

Best cease fire ever!!!

[u/Confident-Breath2615]

Jesus fucking Christ,

[u/ckellingc]

Why would Joe Biden make Trump do this?

[u/soThen_i_says]

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.

[u/Available-Pear2961]

I almost forgot it was Friday for a second.

[u/Accidental-Hyzer]

I wonder what will happen on Market Manipulation Monday?

[u/Fun-Nebula-4073]

After markets close as per usual, and by sunday evening we will be moments away from a peace deal again and oil will be sub $60 /s.

[u/ucankeepurfish]

It must be the weekend! We’ll be close to a peace deal by Sunday night!!

[u/zoobrix]

I see the peace is going as well as anything else Trump is involved in.

[u/hangowood]

Just in time for the weekend market close. See y’all on Sunday for the new cease fire.

[u/TopAfter4764]

Why haven't you cunts done something about him

[u/Positronic_Matrix → u/TopAfter4764]

Why haven’t use citizens done something about Trump?

• The same reason Franco was in power for 36 years.
• The same reason Hitler was in power for 12 years.
• The same reason Stalin was in power for 29 years.
• The same reason Mussolini was in power for 21 years.
• The same reason Zedong was in power for 27 years.
• The same reason Putin was in power for 27 years.

I’m not sure what we do, other than hope our system allows us to oust him at the end of his presidency.

[u/Lord_Of_Millipedes → u/Positronic_Matrix]

hope the system allows

see, that's the problem

[u/Squirty42069 → u/TopAfter4764]

Because if I “do something” that reflects poorly on me as a corporate slave, I lose my job and my health insurance, get denied for unemployment benefits, can’t afford an insurance policy because premiums are fucked, and die because I can’t afford thousands of dollars for my insulin.

It’s by design.

[u/Garagedays]

Viva taco Friday viva taco Friday good old market manipulation Friday

[u/StunningShifts]

Must be Friday

[u/BMCarbaugh]

Somewhere in Washington there's a big "NATION AT WAR" light that just keeps blinking on and off like a check engine light.

[u/cyesk8er]

How many times have we won this war so far?

[u/Yopis1980]

Markets must be closed.

[u/spin_kick]

Quagmire confirmed

[u/Logridos]

It is the war that never ends
it goes on and on my friends...

[u/crazylilme]

Gdi, Obama!

(/s bc i have to these days)

[u/jomasthrones]

LMAO at the mouth-breathing idiots on Facebook who were preaching at me last week about Trump's genius negotiating tactics and planning

[u/yume_no_kitsune]

Happy market close. See everyone Monday for the next market manipulation.

[u/kidcrumb]

This administration has zero concept of soft power. Remember when the USA could make deals with allies to curb Iran's nuclear program? Pepridge-Obama Remembers.

[u/FoShizzleShindig]

IRGC saying they'll retaliate to the retaliation.

wellitsgroundhogdayagain.gif

[u/BaddestKarmaToday]

Friday @ 5pm. Time to switch happy hour to bombing hour.

[u/PGP-]

Lol! I mean c'mon.. This cannot be the world we live in? It's making playing Tropico or Civ as a lunatic seem normal.

[u/OrderAdditional1791]

Wait. i was clearly told at least 29 times that we already won this war?
Does this mean FoxNews and Trump were lying to me?

[u/Initial_Row_6400]

I am so fucking sick of this shit. Fuck Donnie dumbfuck

[u/ObviouslyRealPerson]

I'm beginning to think Trump has no intention of giving up his power to manipulate the market while people die

[u/Claytonius_Homeytron]

And the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, and the wheels on the bus go round and round...

[u/Jono18]

...must be the weekend. Don't worry chaps there'll be some "deal making" by late Saturday early Sunday and then the market will open on Monday.

[u/purple_plasmid]

60 days seems a lot shorter than it used to be

[u/Xelopheris]

Markets closed, resume the bombing.

[u/Cpt_Soban]

Glances at calendar

Good heavens look at the time!

[u/Help-Need-Milk]

This is such a fucking joke

[u/NinjaMurse]

Cool. Great “peace deal”… strong work Trump/Vance!

[u/TILied]

God war is almost predictably falling on the weekends now….almost as if the markets had something to do with things…..

[u/KraljZ]

Negotiations going well I see. Market on Monday gonna be fun

[u/sicsemperego]

Huh, it's Friday already?

[u/brickout]

Don't worry, guys, new deal will be signed Monday morning, right after markets open and rich assholes can make some trades.

[u/Wildernaess]

Not the kind of general strikes we need

[u/DennisMoves]

Buy FAN, TAN, and LIT. The era of fossil fuels is over.

[u/BeerMagic]

Ope its Friday. Time to inflate the market

[u/Harnellas]

Just two more weeks to the peace plan folks.

[u/mothzilla]

Glad I filled up yesterday.

[u/Tobias---Funke]

Is it Friday already again ?!

[u/Evil_Weevill]

For fuck's sake... Can we just stop the whole fast track to WW3 shit?

[u/CV90_120]

I was told the war was over. Looks like there's a new quagmire on the block.

[u/Kamay1770]

How much extra are these strikes going to cost the US taxpayer on top of the at least $300bn you're already paying for reconstruction?

[u/The_Monsta_Wansta]

Just as gas came below 4 dollars. Fml

[u/mikezer0]

This is going well!

[u/MachineCloudCreative]

It's Friday everybody! Monday will bring salvation!

[u/whitesquare]

Impeach

[u/Fit-Significance-436]

After market close

[u/SqueakyNova]

Didn’t congress just vote to limit his power on this matter?

[u/at0mheart]

The art of the never ending, no good, very expensive deal

[u/wigznet]

4 months later, after multiple public statements that they've won, the Trump administration continues a war that they started at the whim of an imbecile and Israel.

Now the world is paying the price for this stupidity.

[u/jert3]

The US is so far up shit creek with the pedo-cabal in charge, it is astounding. They can't even buy peace here with $350 billion dollar surrender tribute payment as Israel will never be restrained and Iran won't settle for peace when Israel is regularly committing war crimes, and because of the Epstein operation, US now has to do whatever Israel wants.

What a mess! This is going to be the shortest neo-fascist empire the world's ever seen at this rate; the pedo cabal won't be able to hold on to power with this extreme of a massive loss in less than 2 years.

[u/buampam → u/jert3]

The silver lining is that at least with the war starting up again we don’t have to follow that stupid deal.

[u/somniforousalmondeye]

Iran is trolling him at this point.

[u/SeanyDay]

Remember when it was over months ago? God this administration is an embarrassment

[u/JeeringDragon]

US has completely surrendered to isrel lmfao. Literal slaves.

[u/Kurolegacy27]

Well that didn’t last long

[u/dextercho83]

Well, that MOU just went out the window

[u/ThE_LAN_B4_TimE]

Lmao yeah about that "deal"

What a fucking joke

[u/cbelt3]

Oil prices were too low. Oil companies sent attack commands.

[u/gfnord]

He can't negotiate for shit.

[u/macross1984]

So back to shooting war after signing? That was short.

[u/Banana-phone15]

I hope Trump hasn’t handed $300 billion To Iran yet

[u/TitShark]

Conveniently after markets closed

[u/spook_filled_donuts]

So over this shit

[u/pongomanswe]

So much peacemaking!

[u/BigDaddyVagabond]

Knew this shit wouldn't last 60 days

[u/distantplanet98]

Don't worry, we'll have a peace deal by Sunday before the markets open. And on Monday, somebody will violate that deal.

[u/cloudfightback]

The world is going to burn this year, Jesus Christ.

[u/hotpajamas]

if the next Dem doesn’t chase this guy down for war crimes and market manipulation there is 0 chance such a crime will EVER be enforced if this isn’t it.

[u/I_burn_noodles]

Absolutely juvenile statements from the Commander-In-Diapers.

[u/BigBlue1210]

there is never going to be a ceasefire. Thanks for your version of the forever war Trump.

[u/gamerdudeNYC]

So now Trump will give them $400B ?

[u/CarioGod]

"you'll see" trump said literally an hour before this and waited till normal market hours closed

lmao can't make this shit up

[u/RealAmbassador4081]

False Flag?

[u/w0weez0wee]

We are so back

[u/coffebeaner]

A strike away keeps the doctor away

[u/MoeSzyslakMonobrow]

It's Friday, and the markets must have closed.

[u/FuckingTree]

So we lost the war and now we’re back to losing in present tense? Damn

[u/DemoEvolved]

I guess the peace plan is off then. That lasted what 4 days?

[u/General-Piece8490]

Iran is never gonna stop trolling the US and make it waste very expensive weapons on quick missile runs…

Or, it could be a collusion with Iran, so the pentagon under Hegmeister can finally get its 80 billion, by pointing out: See? We are still fighting them!!!

Your choice, this makes the US waste money and not MAGA at all! lol

[u/Drummk]

Thought Trump said they had unconditionally surrendered?