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Chinese playing the 4d chess. Trump just wants a gold Trump brand chess board but doesn't know how the pieces move.
There's nothing to negotiate. Donald has no cards.
Chinese playing the 4d chess. Trump just wants a gold Trump brand chess board but doesn't know how the pieces move.
Brent 109.3 WTI 105.2
Weird that in no small part we have EVs and China to thank for the prices' not being even higher.
Still, another month of this and everyone is ed.
As it is and if he doesn't die, Trump will have to give away a load of taxpayer money and ICE up the midterms to keep from being impeached again.
China and US strategic reserves have helped slow the rise. If Trump starts bombing Iran again I expect Iran to start blowing up more oil infrastructure in the area. If the Houtis join in the party and start blocking the Bab el-Mandeb strait all bets are off on how high oil can go.
President Trump is expected to decide within the next 24 hours on possible military action against Iran, citing Israeli assessments. A senior Israeli official said that Israel was preparing for a renewed conflict that could last from several days to several weeks.
“The resumption of the war is near, and we are preparing for several days to several weeks of fighting,” the official said.-Israeli Channel 12
Israel censors the press, but large explosions at missile factories are hard to hide
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-896420A powerful explosion was heard in the Beit Shemesh area on Saturday, causing panic and a wave of rumors.
Many residents, alarmed by the loud blasts, initially believed it was a security incident or a military drill. However, a security official later clarified that the blast had been a controlled explosion at a private factory, as part of a planned test by the government defense company Tomer.
Despite these assurances, no notice had gone out to Beit Shemesh residents.
The company, which operates security facilities and testing areas in the Beit Shemesh area, specializes, among other things, in the development and testing of rocket engines for major defense and attack missiles, including Arrow missiles, air defense missiles, and artillery rockets.
Additionally, reports have circulated the theory that the explosion may have destroyed a stockpile of Arrow-3 surface-to-air missiles.
Yemen attacks UAE?
the long weekend coming up?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-ira...t-week-report/Israel and the United States are carrying out their most intense preparations yet to renew attacks on Iran, possibly as soon as next week, two Middle Eastern officials told The New York Times on Friday.
According to US officials cited by the newspaper, options for renewed operations in Iran include launching a more intense bombing campaign against military and infrastructure sites; conquering Iran’s key oil export hub of Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf; and putting commandos on the mainland to extract nuclear material buried under the rubble.
Extracting the highly enriched uranium would risk several casualties and require thousands of supporting forces to create a perimeter around an area of operation and likely engage with Iranian ground troops, the Times cited military officials as saying.
Two weeks, maybe?
https://x.com/Timodc/status/2056452150083866990
BUT DON'T CALL IT WAR.
I think I'm impressed that he got all of those names correct. Even if it was a high school intern that Googled it for him.
"we might not go back to normal until the 2030s. And so, $3 gas that was made with $60 oil might not be possible for about 6 or 7 years."
www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. ..
“.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.”
scuttlebutt seems to be that the KSA attacked UAE to signal its displeasureYemen attacks UAE?
bond market jitters
Mortgage costs across Europe and North America have risen sharply as the economic impact of the Middle East war spills into housing markets, piling pressure on borrowers wanting to buy a new home or refinance.
The jump has come even though central banks have refrained from raising interest rates. Mortgage lenders are responding to increases in governments’ borrowing costs and betting that official rates will eventually need to rise to contain the threat of inflation.
In the US, the conflict has driven the 30-year mortgage rate to 6.36 per cent, above levels seen in September 2025, before the Federal Reserve began a cycle of three quarter-point rate cuts.https://archive.is/kU2QD#selection-1949.0-1957.190Brian Lewis, a real estate agent at US brokerage Compass, added that many would-be buyers were “making their peace” with the idea that they will not see interest rates on home loans return to the 2 per cent seen during the Covid-19 pandemic “anywhere in their lifetime”.
Investors and economists believe mortgage rates will rise further if traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil was previously shipped, remains restricted.
That would eventually force central banks to raise rates to contain price pressures, placing further strain on prospective buyers.
“The risk of a miscalculation between Trump and the Iran leadership is rising,” said John Muellbauer, an economist at Oxford university, adding that an escalation “would drive us into serious stagflation”.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/19/busin...ge-prices-iranNot only are prices rising, but ILMA warns of an “imminent shortage” of low viscosity grade oils, including 0W-16, 0W-8 and 0W-20 — which is the most important grade of motor oil on the market today.
It’s the go-to motor oil for newer vehicles, accounting for roughly one-third of total passenger car motor oil demand last year, according to Petroleum Trends International.
Trump blames allies, is scared of Iran
TRUMP ON IRAN WAR: EVERYONE TELLS ME IT'S UNPOPULAR BUT I THINK IT'S VERY POPULAR
Whiny, where's your Lebanon thread? Israel has been bombing and murdering children there every single day this year.
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