sts7049 said:

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One of the Most Important Charts on the Results of the Hormuz Crisis pic.twitter.com/Ty2JlcaeXU

— Anas Alhajji (@anasalhajji) April 29, 2026

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If Trump hadn't wasted his vast resources of the highest grade of this stuff trying to cool off some Russian hookers, we would not be in this mess.

How much of this stuff does Iran produce?

no idea but i don't think it's a significant supplier. still, ships are only moving a trickle out of the SOH which is the problem

The "problem" is the regime in Iran won't surrender to the terms provided them.

Everything else is just noise.

Oh, they will come around, eventually.

⚡️Ukraine's central bank slashes growth outlook amid Iran fallout.

The bank forecast 1.8% growth in 2026 for Ukraine in January, but announced the drop to 1.3% on April 30 during a press conference to announce its key policy rate.https://t.co/mG9AAlPJTy

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 30, 2026

Oil analysts: World has already seen a contraction of 5-6 million barrels a day of demand since the war in Iran began with more coming as Africa goes into recession https://t.co/kULnM9PwhS

— Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD (@TonerousHyus) April 30, 2026

Fine by me. Supply and demand elasticity proven to still be true.

To be honest, the blockade continuing puts the US in ever stronger negotiating position as Trump continues to navigate tariffs and trade deals. China is going to have to temper its level of arsehoe when meeting with Trump in a couple of weeks.

For those who have been patient, there will be lots of buying opportunities in all sorts of markets coming up.

The regime in Iran is much, much weaker than many are realizing. Folks forget there is essentially zero independent reporting from inside Iran. Was more discussion by the pundits yesterday that they believe civilian protests in Iran may be on the horizon and defections in the military will increase as pay and food dry up.

The currency in Iran is essentially worthless and becoming more so by the minute.

But somehow he left thinks the Iranian Islamist regimes holds are the cards, despite us blowing off all their fingers.

That Iran is the one threatening to go kinetic again imminently over the blockade should tell a neutral observer exactly who is feeling the heat.

if you're only focused on the conflict, sure. but the global impact is not irrelevant

What is the downside to us, globally? Even Canada is sick of the IRGC, in their usual quiet way.

❌ Mehdi Taj, a former IRGC commander and head of Iran’s football federation, was humiliated!

He got a temporary visa, packed his bags, traveled overland to Turkey, then sat through a 15-hour flight to Canada - only to have his entry rejected.

This is the kind of humiliation… pic.twitter.com/9TssPocGBM

— The Iran Watcher 🇮🇷 (@TheIranWatcher) April 29, 2026

And despite the loud rhetoric, it has strengthened our leverage/economic relationship with Europe (while allowing us somehow to plan to decrease our military commitments to them looking forward):

U.S. LNG has gone from ~2% of Europe’s imports a decade ago to over 60% today.

The President who deserves almost all of the credit is @realDonaldTrump.

Thank God for the shale/fracking revolution and drill baby drill! pic.twitter.com/EiOGtKb5Ej

— Stephen Moore (@StephenMoore) April 29, 2026

Yet some believe he Gay Ayatollah is holding all the cards…

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if you're only focused on the conflict, sure. but the global impact is not irrelevant

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The global impact of Iran announcing they have 11 nukes would have a much, much, much worse impact on the markets.

You would have mass depopulation of the region and probably little to no shipping in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Suez, and western Indian Ocean until the nuclear threat was removed. Regardless of any fatwas, pink promises between Kohmeni and infidels, and any other lame excuses for not taking action in Iran that have been propagated.

Thanks GOD Trump has the strength to ignore the political fallout and take the right action to put America first.

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flown-the-coop said:

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War started 47 years ago. Trump is finishing it. HTH.

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Such a predictable worn out talking point.

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So, fact = talking point?

TDS has removed all relevance of facts. Things are simply preached from the BlueSky / Reddit Bible of Talking Points.

Trump smacking Merz around, yet again.

Trump:

The Chancellor of Germany should spend more time on ending the war with Russia/Ukraine (Where he has been totally ineffective!), and fixing his broken Country, especially Immigration and Energy, and less time on interfering with those that are getting rid of the Iran… pic.twitter.com/p6Sadw5mKk

— Clash Report (@clashreport) April 30, 2026

you keep arguing about stuff i'm not even arguing about.

i'm merely talking about the secondary effects of the conflict. those are not disputable. sure, it can be positive that we supply more LNG to other countries. but it also means all those ships we are loading in the GOA are sucking dry our gas and diesel inventories. food prices going up because of fertilizer shortages. these are also real impacts.

no nukes is great. but it's worthy to discuss broader impacts of the whole situation.

Temporary problems, fixed once Iran gives up its nuclear weapons program

what do you consider temporary?

Truth.

Are we just going to forget Trump promising to end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in?

AgDev01 said:

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Are we just going to forget Trump promising to end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in?

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Neither the Great Z not Adolf Vladimir made any effort for peace. Sort of hard to end it when both sides rolled in and said we hate each other and would like to continue to kill one another Mr Trump.

So he obliged.

flown-the-coop said:

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AgDev01 said:

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Are we just going to forget Trump promising to end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in?

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Neither the Great Z not Adolf Vladimir made any effort for peace. Sort of hard to end it when both sides rolled in and said we hate each other and would like to continue to kill one another Mr Trump.

So he obliged.

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With us still footing the bill.

https://kyivindependent.com/pentagon-releases-400-million-military-aid-package-for-ukraine/

Thought it was in my post, once Iran gives up its nuke program, which probably will happen by summer

PaulsBunions said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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AgDev01 said:

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Are we just going to forget Trump promising to end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in?

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Neither the Great Z not Adolf Vladimir made any effort for peace. Sort of hard to end it when both sides rolled in and said we hate each other and would like to continue to kill one another Mr Trump.

So he obliged.

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With us still footing the bill.

https://kyivindependent.com/pentagon-releases-400-million-military-aid-package-for-ukraine/

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Write your congressman. And facts still matter. Trump and Hegseth had delayed releasing these funds for as long as practical.

Swing and a miss. Much like the Astros these days.

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The Pentagon has released a $400 million military aid package for Ukraine after months of delays and mounting pressure from U.S. lawmakers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on April 29.

Speaking during a hearing before the United States House Armed Services Committee, Hegseth confirmed that the funding had been unlocked after bureaucratic hurdles were resolved.

"The funds were released as of yesterday," Hegseth told lawmakers, marking the first official confirmation that the aid package was moving forward.

The $400 million package had already been approved by Congress but remained stalled at the Pentagon for months, drawing criticism from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers who accused the Defense Department of delaying critical support for Kyiv.

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flown-the-coop said:

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PaulsBunions said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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AgDev01 said:

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Are we just going to forget Trump promising to end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in?

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Neither the Great Z not Adolf Vladimir made any effort for peace. Sort of hard to end it when both sides rolled in and said we hate each other and would like to continue to kill one another Mr Trump.

So he obliged.

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With us still footing the bill.

https://kyivindependent.com/pentagon-releases-400-million-military-aid-package-for-ukraine/

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Write your congressman. And facts still matter. Trump and Hegseth had delayed releasing these funds for as long as practical.

Swing and a miss. Much like the Astros these days.

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The Pentagon has released a $400 million military aid package for Ukraine after months of delays and mounting pressure from U.S. lawmakers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on April 29.

Speaking during a hearing before the United States House Armed Services Committee, Hegseth confirmed that the funding had been unlocked after bureaucratic hurdles were resolved.

"The funds were released as of yesterday," Hegseth told lawmakers, marking the first official confirmation that the aid package was moving forward.

The $400 million package had already been approved by Congress but remained stalled at the Pentagon for months, drawing criticism from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers who accused the Defense Department of delaying critical support for Kyiv.

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Thats a lot to say "indeed, we are still footing the bill" lol

flown-the-coop said:

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AgDev01 said:

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Are we just going to forget Trump promising to end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in?

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Neither the Great Z not Adolf Vladimir made any effort for peace. Sort of hard to end it when both sides rolled in and said we hate each other and would like to continue to kill one another Mr Trump.

So he obliged.

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That is a lot of words to end up admitting he failed.

Write your congressman. And facts still matter. Trump and Hegseth had delayed releasing these funds for as long as practical.

Sorry your Trump attack blew up on the pad.

Write your congressman. And facts still matter. Trump and Hegseth had delayed releasing these funds for as long as practical.

Sorry your Trump attack blew up on the pad.

Hahahaha

flown-the-coop said:

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Write your congressman. And facts still matter. Trump and Hegseth had delayed releasing these funds for as long as practical.

Sorry your Trump attack blew up on the pad.

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More like your Trump defense blew up on the pad. I simply stated a fact, which is that we are indeed still funding Ukraine. Facts don't care about your feelings lol

PaulsBunions said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Write your congressman. And facts still matter. Trump and Hegseth had delayed releasing these funds for as long as practical.

Sorry your Trump attack blew up on the pad.

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More like your Trump defense blew up on the pad. I simply stated a fact, which is that we are indeed still funding Ukraine. Facts don't care about your feelings lol

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Last time Trump held up Ukrainian funding he was impeached.

You make little sense.

flown-the-coop said:

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PaulsBunions said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Write your congressman. And facts still matter. Trump and Hegseth had delayed releasing these funds for as long as practical.

Sorry your Trump attack blew up on the pad.

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More like your Trump defense blew up on the pad. I simply stated a fact, which is that we are indeed still funding Ukraine. Facts don't care about your feelings lol

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Last time Trump held up Ukrainian funding he was impeached.

You make little sense.

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Are you actually reading what I'm saying? All I said was "We are indeed still funding Ukraine". Please scroll up to where I said anything about Trump.

Your TDS is hitting so hard that you're looking to defend him against accusations I'm not even making lol

PaulsBunions said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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AgDev01 said:

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Are we just going to forget Trump promising to end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in?

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Neither the Great Z not Adolf Vladimir made any effort for peace. Sort of hard to end it when both sides rolled in and said we hate each other and would like to continue to kill one another Mr Trump.

So he obliged.

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With us still footing the bill.

https://kyivindependent.com/pentagon-releases-400-million-military-aid-package-for-ukraine/

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In case you forgot the exchange you jumped in to.

So are you admitting you derailed by switching to prior appropriated funding by Congress when responding to an exchange on Trump ending the war in Ukraine?

Sorry your TDS derail failed. The rest of us see you grabbed a headline about Pentagon money and Ukraine and went all "Trumph!" without reading the article.

PaulsBunions said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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PaulsBunions said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Write your congressman. And facts still matter. Trump and Hegseth had delayed releasing these funds for as long as practical.

Sorry your Trump attack blew up on the pad.

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More like your Trump defense blew up on the pad. I simply stated a fact, which is that we are indeed still funding Ukraine. Facts don't care about your feelings lol

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Last time Trump held up Ukrainian funding he was impeached.

You make little sense.

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Are you actually reading what I'm saying? All I said was "We are indeed still funding Ukraine". Please scroll up to where I said anything about Trump.

Your TDS is hitting so hard that you're looking to defend him against accusations I'm not even making lol

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Paranoia is a side effect of mary jane.

docb said:

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PaulsBunions said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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PaulsBunions said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Write your congressman. And facts still matter. Trump and Hegseth had delayed releasing these funds for as long as practical.

Sorry your Trump attack blew up on the pad.

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More like your Trump defense blew up on the pad. I simply stated a fact, which is that we are indeed still funding Ukraine. Facts don't care about your feelings lol

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Last time Trump held up Ukrainian funding he was impeached.

You make little sense.

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Are you actually reading what I'm saying? All I said was "We are indeed still funding Ukraine". Please scroll up to where I said anything about Trump.

Your TDS is hitting so hard that you're looking to defend him against accusations I'm not even making lol

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Paranoia is a side effect of mary jane.

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Do you ever have anything on topic to discuss or lame ad homs?

What in the absolute hell would I be paranoid about another poster not reading the article they linked then derailing the thread with ad homes and nonsense?

Care to opine on the topic?

flown-the-coop said:

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PaulsBunions said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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AgDev01 said:

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Are we just going to forget Trump promising to end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in?

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Neither the Great Z not Adolf Vladimir made any effort for peace. Sort of hard to end it when both sides rolled in and said we hate each other and would like to continue to kill one another Mr Trump.

So he obliged.

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With us still footing the bill.

https://kyivindependent.com/pentagon-releases-400-million-military-aid-package-for-ukraine/

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In case you forgot the exchange you jumped in to.

So are you admitting you derailed by switching to prior appropriated funding by Congress when responding to an exchange on Trump ending the war in Ukraine?

Sorry your TDS derail failed. The rest of us see you grabbed a headline about Pentagon money and Ukraine and went all "Trumph!" without reading the article.

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Dude calm down, I simply stated that we are indeed funding Ukraine, which is the truth. I don't know why you keep getting so upset over this. Take a deep breath and re read the whole interaction again. You're grasping at straws to paint me with a claim I never made.