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surfered

(13,768 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:11 PM 15 hrs ago

Breaking News: Trump is holding a "high level" meeting in the Situation Room about Iran .

First Trump and Iran both said the Strait was open, but Trump said the blockade of Iranian ports would continue.

Iran called bullshit on that and has closed the strait, even firing on tankers attempting to cross the Strait.

I wonder if the Trump Boys placed bets on the price of oil prior to Trump’s announcement about the blockade continuing?

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Breaking News: Trump is holding a "high level" meeting in the Situation Room about Iran . (Original Post) surfered 15 hrs ago OP
Is this the one where he didn't talk about Iran senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #1
The Dotard has no clue how to solve a complex problem. His idea of problem solving RockRaven 15 hrs ago #2
He has no clue how to solve any kind of problem, even simple ones. ShazzieB 13 hrs ago #11
I'm playing around with a new expression... BaronChocula 12 hrs ago #12
Emphasis on high. cloudbase 15 hrs ago #3
He's gathered his advisors to come smell his farts Prairie Gates 15 hrs ago #4
Is Bibi there? leftstreet 15 hrs ago #5
Bibi hasn't honered a cease fire in the last year blue blues 12 hrs ago #16
They are probably going over stocks and etfs seeing how best to play his next taco market manipulation. yaesu 14 hrs ago #6
The real truth malaise 14 hrs ago #7
Agenda struggle4progress 14 hrs ago #8
That's about it. patphil 12 hrs ago #15
6. Does anyone know where Kash is? milestogo 12 hrs ago #18
Funny how it's all fucking roses on days the Stock Market is open, and negative shit happens on days it's closed maxrandb 13 hrs ago #9
placing bets Norrrm 13 hrs ago #10
Charlie Brown kick that football. gordianot 12 hrs ago #19
This war canetoad 12 hrs ago #13
It's evident the deliberate provocation of blockading the ports was meant to push Iran into closing the Strait. patphil 12 hrs ago #14
"high level" meeting that devolves into talking about shoes and his ballroom progressoid 12 hrs ago #17

senseandsensibility

(25,165 posts)
1. Is this the one where he didn't talk about Iran
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:27 PM
15 hrs ago

but about "psychedelics" with Joe Rogan standing behind him? The "press" fell for it again.

RockRaven

(19,549 posts)
2. The Dotard has no clue how to solve a complex problem. His idea of problem solving
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:35 PM
15 hrs ago

consists entirely of short term (12-24 hr) headline and market manipulation. That's it. Eight decades of experience on this earth and that is all he is capable of. There is nothing else there. Everything else is outsourced -- and these days very badly.

ShazzieB

(22,708 posts)
11. He has no clue how to solve any kind of problem, even simple ones.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 04:36 PM
13 hrs ago

If a problem can't be solved by bullying and bluster, he's lost, because those are the only problem solving "skills" he has!

BaronChocula

(4,629 posts)
12. I'm playing around with a new expression...
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 04:44 PM
12 hrs ago

When you're a turd, everything looks like a toilet.

leftstreet

(41,056 posts)
5. Is Bibi there?
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:37 PM
15 hrs ago

Unless he agrees to stop the slaughter in Lebanon, these "meetings" are a joke

yaesu

(9,375 posts)
6. They are probably going over stocks and etfs seeing how best to play his next taco market manipulation.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:28 PM
14 hrs ago

malaise

(296,866 posts)
7. The real truth
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:38 PM
14 hrs ago

He and his cabinet are greedy rank amateurs who are clueless and capable of blowing up the entire planet.
Life is a video game or BSing one’s way on social media.
Fuck this kakistocracy

struggle4progress

(126,429 posts)
8. Agenda
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:39 PM
14 hrs ago

1. We go around the table and talk about how great Donnie is
2. Donnie starts a sentence about Iran but switches to a long digression on corner stores, big strong men, the 2020 election, and how much he hates the New York Times
3. Brief interlude to film another Doordash spot then we eat mcnuggets
4. Donnie asks everybody to stand and dance to the YMCA song
5. We go around the table and talk about how great Donnie is

maxrandb

(17,461 posts)
9. Funny how it's all fucking roses on days the Stock Market is open, and negative shit happens on days it's closed
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 04:01 PM
13 hrs ago

Winning political power is first on the agenda, but DAMN!!! Some of these corrupt fucksticks need to rot in a federal prison. That should be high on the "to do" list.

Their fucking obscene wealth...their fucking "companies"....their fucking stock portfolios...their "social media" companies...their 3rd and 4th mansions in the fucking Alps....they all need to be seized, liquidated and distributed to the fucking Americans that currently require a fucking 3rd job and roommates just to pay rent and live in squalor.

patphil

(9,136 posts)
14. It's evident the deliberate provocation of blockading the ports was meant to push Iran into closing the Strait.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:00 PM
12 hrs ago

First announce and agreement and watch the stock market soar, then Iran calls bullshit on the blockade, and shuts it down. Then the market falls.
Buying and selling on the waves is very profitable.
And, our government can claim Iran broke the agreement, even when it's obvious our government did.

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