Category: Middle East

Trump is a Genius

T A C O : “Trump Administration Controls Oil”

We could be witnessing the most historic reset in our lifetime and those of our parents.
Some think Trump has no clue what’s going on, when in reality, he now controls the flow of 36%+ of the world’s crude oil supply, and just forced the nations of the world to buy oil from us, and Venezuela, which in case you forgot, Trump conveniently already secured, along with the Panama Canal.
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Notice how oil has dropped in price two days in a row now due to the blockade? Maybe Trump had a plan all along.
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Now Trump’s focus on Greenland, Canada, and the Arctic shipping routes, makes even more sense.
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If I’m not mistaken, Trump is securing global shipping lanes, and turning the US into THE global energy superpower.
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Trump has China, and the world, by the balls, and the sheep are oblivious.
From the looks of it, Trump is completely shaking up the global order, and forcing the world to deal through the USA.
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I think Trump is stripping the Deep State of their leverage, and securing the entire board.
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We seem to be watching the “world’s most powerful reset”, and the dawning of what I hope is truly the USA’s “Golden Age”.
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The dominoes’ are starting to fall. The Deep State’s reign is over.
The Democrats in Washington are backstabbing and eating their own and simply have been outmaneuvered.
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Trump controls the oil, therefore, he controls the world.
Leverage Otained . . .
 
T A C O : “Trump Administration Controls Oil”
 

Over 20 US-Approved Ships Pass Through Hormuz, As Trump Eyes Jump-Starting Next Pakistan Peace Talks

It remains that ships not under sanction, & not visiting Iran’s ports can pass through American-imposed blockade.

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Iran, champion of women’s rights

You could not make it up.

  • The US blockade of Iranian ports is in effect, but President Donald Trump says there is still plenty of room for Iran to make a deal.
  • Iran accuses the US of committing piracy as thousands of Iranians rally in Tehran against the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump Blockade Threatens Iran’s Military-Industrial Complex

The blockade officially began at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Monday.

President Donald Trump’s blockade of Iran could be poised to deliver a staggering blow to the Iranian economy, including the cash flows needed by the regime to pay the host of soldiers and thugs it requires to stay in power.

“The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman,” the statement said.

More about Russia’s offer to take Iran’s enriched uranium

The Kremlin has reiterated its readiness to help Iran hand over its highly enriched uranium to Russia, which is capable of accommodating it.

For many years, Russia has been one of the key countries participating in the negotiation process on Iran’s nuclear programme.

It has repeatedly offered to export excess enriched uranium from Iran, process it and return it in the form of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants.

Still, Iran hasn’t accepted the offer.

Iran: surviving a full-scale confrontation with a superior military constitutes victory

More about the The Muqāwama Doctrine (Arabic: عقيدة المقاومة, ʿaqīdat al-muqāwama) below the fold.

  • The US military says it will begin blockading Iranian ports on Monday at 14:00 GMT, allowing ships not coming or going to Iran to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says the Strait of Hormuz is open for civilian vessels, but says that military ships “will be dealt with severely”.

Gulf states look for alternatives as Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed

The Iranians have denied that any US military vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz, and are threatening consequences if any military vessel attempts to do so.

‘Soon you’ll be nostalgic for $4–$5 gas,’ Iran’s Ghalibaf tells US

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s parliament who led the country’s delegation in the Islamabad talks, has again addressed Trump’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz.

“Enjoy the current pump figures,” he wrote on X, alongside a map showing prices at gas stations near the White House.

“With the so-called ‘blockade’, Soon you’ll be nostalgic for $4–$5 gas.”

“Get your own oil…!”

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No Deal! Trump to Blockade Strait of Hormuz After Iran Refuses to Comply With U.S. Demands

President Donald Trump announced Sunday the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the news coming after he said Iran promised to open the strait but ultimately did not.

VP JD Vance Announces No Deal Reached with Iran After Marathon 21-Hour Negotiations, ‘Bad News for Iran Much More Than for the U.S.’ (VIDEO)

No Deal! Trump to Blockade Strait of Hormuz After Iran Refuses to Give up Nukes

President Trump Orders U.S. Navy to BLOCK ‘Any and All Ships Trying to Enter, or Leave, the Strait of Hormuz Effective Immediately’ After Iran Defies Nuclear Demands

President Trump Confirms He’s Going FULL VENEZUELA on the Strait of Hormuz and Iran: “All in and All Out”

JUST IN: Failing British PM Starmer Refuses To Help Enforce US Navy’s Strait of Hormuz Blockade

‘U-Turn’ Starmer Pauses Plans To Hand Over Chagos Islands and the Diego Garcia Airbase Back to Mauritius After Trump Called It ‘An Act of Great Stupidity’

British Conservative Douglas Murray Expertly Dismantles Bill Maher’s Defeatism on Iran: ‘It’s an Amazing Strategic Success’ (VIDEO)

Crowd of protesters holding Iranian flags and signs during a rally advocating for political change in Iran.

Media Downplays NATO Endorsement and Iranian Popular Support for U.S. Strikes

The current mob in Canberra needs more than a warning:

Trump: “We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to Countries all over the World”

Several US Navy ships were seen crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.

In a post to Truth Social, Trump described the operation as a favor to countries around the world that lack the courage or will to do it themselves.

In a lengthy post, the president slammed claims by the “Fake News Media” that Iran is winning the war, declaring instead that the Islamic Republic is “LOSING, and LOSING BIG!”

Trump began, “The Fake News Media has lost total credibility, not that they had any to begin with. Because of their massive Trump Derangement Syndrome (Sometimes referred to as TDS!), they love saying that Iran is ‘winning’ when, in fact, everyone knows that they are LOSING, and LOSING BIG!”

“Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft apparatus is nonexistent, Radar is dead, their Missile and Drone Factories have been largely obliterated along with the Missiles and Drones themselves and, most importantly, their longtime ‘Leaders’ are no longer with us, praise be to Allah!” Trump continued.

Map of the Persian Gulf showing real-time ship traffic with various colored icons representing different types of vessels near major cities like Dubai and Doha.

BREAKING: President Trump Announces the U.S. is Beginning to Clear Out the Strait of Hormuz ‘As a Favor to Countries All Over the World’

“The only thing they have going is the threat that a ship may ‘bunk’ into one of their sea mines which, by the way, all 28 of their mine dropper boats are also lying at the bottom of the sea,” Trump wrote. “We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to Countries all over the World, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and many others. Incredibly, they don’t have the Courage or Will to do this work themselves.”

Trump explained that while the world benefits from a reopened and secure strait, empty oil-carrying ships from multiple nations are now steaming toward U.S. ports to load up on American oil rather than relying on Middle Eastern supplies.

“Very interestingly, however, empty Oil carrying ships from many Nations are all heading to the United States of America to LOAD UP with Oil. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” the president concluded.

Portrait of a man with glasses and a beard, set against a fiery background, conveying intensity and seriousness.

Iran’s New Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei Reportedly Left Crippled and Disfigured by Airstrike That Killed His Father

A woman wearing a black hijab and a patterned green scarf sits thoughtfully, showcasing traditional attire in a formal setting.

Secretary Marco Rubio TERMINATES Legal Status of Family Members Linked to Infamous 1979 Iranian Hostage-Taker Propagandist ‘Screaming Mary’

Militant holding a weapon while displaying a flag in an arid landscape, symbolizing conflict and extremism.

Islamic Extremism Rising Worldwide: Leadership, Financing, and a Growing Threat Network

Historic Alamo building in San Antonio, Texas, featuring iconic stone architecture and surrounded by greenery and a Texas flag.

WHAT!? Texans being told the Alamo actually is … ISLAMIC!

Soldiers carrying a large European Union flag during a public event with an audience in the background under a blue sky.

NATO: No Action, Talk Only — The Alliance That Forgot How to Fight

The United Nations just nominated the Islamic Republic of Iran to help shape policy on women’s rights, human rights, disarmament, and terrorism.
 
Australia supported the nomination.
 
We have a morally depraved leadership.

Pakistan is not an honest broker

“Death to America” cries & dies when America bombs the IRGC. And the Paki defence minister goes apeshit over Israel. Now this guy is supposed to be a neutral arbiter of peace.

Vance in Pakistan to lead US-Iran ceasefire talks; Israel bombs Lebanon

  • US Vice President J D Vance has arrived in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad to lead the ceasefire negotiations, the highest-level talks with Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Before departure, he said: “If the Iranians are willing to negotiate in good faith, we are certainly willing to extend an open hand.”
  • High-profile Iranian officials have also arrived in Islamabad for the ceasefire talks with the US, including Tehran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

Who would accept this guy as an honest broker?

Israel rejects ceasefire with Hezbollah ahead of Lebanon talks

Israel says it will not discuss a ceasefire with Hezbollah when it meets Lebanese diplomats for talks in Washington next week – as Israeli attacks on Lebanon go on.

Read the full report here.

Ask Not for Whom the Hormuz Tolls

President Trump on Thursday warned Iran that it should not charge a toll for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which seemed to contradict what he said to ABC’s Jonathan Karl earlier in the week. Maybe he was only joking when he said he was thinking of making the toll a “joint venture” with Iran and called it a “beautiful thing.” That might not seem like something you would joke about, but would you stand next to the Easter Bunny while making a speech about the war?

Main talking points at ceasefire talks in Pakistan

Here are the main ⁠issues the two sides are expected to discuss.

Tehran is insisting that formal talks can only begin after Washington gives commitments on a ceasefire in Lebanon ⁠and lifting sanctions on Iran. Continue reading Pakistan is not an honest broker

Iran’s Leaders Are Dead, Its Navy Is Sunk, and the Media Says Trump Is Losing

Image depicting a crossed-out figure, military aircraft, and naval ship against the Iranian flag background, symbolizing opposition to military power in Iran.

Iran’s Leaders Are Dead, Its Navy Is Sunk, and the Media Says Trump Is Losing

Before ‘ceasefire,’ Iran called for human shields, urged youth to form ‘human chains’ around power plants
 

What Vance is saying is Pakistan passed different versions of the same proposal to Washington and Tehran, giving each side a text that did not match what the other had sent.

Result: the biggest day of Israeli bombing in Lebanon, 250+ killed.

Trump declares ‘regime change,’ says ‘Iran will cease uranium enrichment, we’ll dig out nuclear dust’

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei has ordered courts to expedite trials and executions for Iranians accused of helping foreign enemies, particularly the United States and Israel.

His directive demands that final verdicts, including capital punishment and the confiscation of assets, be carried out without delay or leniency to maintain a deterrent effect against Iranians who are opposed to the Islamic regime.

These expedited measures specifically target those labeled as “enemy agents,” with seized funds reportedly being diverted to state-controlled compensation funds.

“The Islamic Iran is exercising its undeniable right to legitimate self-defense, and we will continue this defense in the most powerful manner possible until our national security is guaranteed,” says Mohseni-Ejei.– visegrad.24

Iran’s Missing Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ‘Unconscious’

Explosions Heard at Kharg Island, Iran’s Critical Oil Export Site

Psychobabble:

Palestinian Authority: ‘Iran should have fired more missiles at Israel in Oct. 7 war’

W.H.O. Answers Iran’s Call to Meddle in Conflict with U.S.: ‘Peace Is the Best Medicine’

Before the ‘Ceasefire,’ the IDF Helped an IRGC Intelligence Chief Meet His Maker

Israel Hammers Hezbollah in Lebanon; President Trump threw Iran’s 10point plan “straight into the garbage”

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Trump has denounced NATO saying the alliance “wasn’t there when we needed them and they won’t be there if we need them again”.

Lebanon mourns as Israel raids shake Trump, Tehran ceasefire

  • Lebanon declares day of mourning following wave of Israeli attacks that killed at least 254 people, injured more than 1,165 in a single day on Wednesday, as Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said to be mobilising “all of Lebanon’s political and diplomatic resources to stop the Israeli killing machine”.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Lebanonwas not included in ceasefire between the United States and Iran, as US Vice President JD Vance also says, “We never made that promise.”

Israel Launches Massive Strikes on Lebanon, Excluding Country from Ceasefire

Israel Launches Massive Strikes on Lebanon, Excluding Country from Ceasefire

Al Jazeera Arabic sez Israeli forces have launched air attacks on the town of Harouf in southern Lebanon.

Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Mohammed Wishah was killed in a drone strike west of Gaza City on Wednesday.

Trump says US military will remain in and around Iran until ‘real agreement’ is ‘fully complied with’

In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president said this would include “US Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy”.

NATO chief says ‘large majority of European nations’ lived up to commitments

More from Mark Rutte’s comments on his meeting with Trump.

Rutte has to talk like that. His a$$ is on the line.

Continue reading Israel Hammers Hezbollah in Lebanon; President Trump threw Iran’s 10point plan “straight into the garbage”

NATO will never be the same, indeed, it might not be there at all….

NATO Sec’y General: ‘Some’ in NATO Failed During Iran War, ‘Large Majority’ of Europe Didn’t

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that some NATO members did fail their tests during the war in Iran, but “a large majority” of European nations lived up to their commitments.

Host Jake Tapper asked, “Do you agree that NATO countries, some of them, were tested and failed?”

Rutte answered, “Some of them, yes, but a large majority of European countr[ies] — and that’s what we discussed today — have done what they promised before in a case like this, because they know that, when it comes to NATO, it’s there to protect the United States, because the U.S. needs a secure Atlantic and a secure Arctic and a secure Europe to stay safe here in the U.S. mainland. But it is also there to make sure that, of course, Europe is safe, and to be this platform of power projection for the United States. So, what the U.S. did with Iran, they could do because so many European countries lived up to those commitments, not all of them. And I totally understand his disappointment about that. But it is, therefore, a nuanced picture. It is not just saying it is black or white.”

Toyboy of Macronesia:

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are now saying it clearly:

 Trump: “They haven’t been friends when we needed them. We’ve never asked them for much. … It’s a one-way street.”

Rubio has been similarly blunt: “If NATO is just about us defending Europe if they’re attacked but then denying us basing rights when we need them, that’s not a very good arrangement. … So all that’s going to have to be reexamined.”

They’re spot-on.

No Deal: Iran Blocks Traffic in Strait of Hormuz over Israeli Strikes in Lebanon

Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz after Israel strikes Lebanon

Oil tankers and high speed crafts sit anchored at Muscat Anchorage near the Strait of Horm.

Oil tankers and high speed crafts sit anchored at Muscat Anchorage near the Strait of Horm

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz just a few hours into the ceasefire agreement due to Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

Iran reportedly violated the ceasefire agreement brokered by Pakistan in a matter of hours by once again closing the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic, ostensibly because Israel has refused to halt its operation against the Hezbollah terrorists of Lebanon.

Iran’s state-run Fars news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said on Wednesday morning that two oil tankers were allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz “with permission from Iran” – but the strait was then closed again “in response to Israeli strikes in Lebanon.”

CBS News reported that Iran’s remaining naval forces are still warning ships in the Persian Gulf that they must obtain “permission” from Iran to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, said on Wednesday morning that Lebanon was never part of the ceasefire arrangement. President Donald Trump also said on Wednesday that Lebanon was “not included in the deal” because of the “separate skirmish” between Israel and Hezbollah.

And yes, Hezbollah gets roasted:

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