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SergeStorms

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11. Not unusual at all.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 01:30 PM

Yesterday

This is SOP for the rapacious Trump crime family. Check Eric's and Don Jr.'s cellphone records. I can almost guarantee they received calls from Washington within an hour prior to this event.

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20 minutes before it was announced that the Straights of Hormuz was opened, massive trades were made. [View all] Swede Yesterday OP

The entire fiasco Timewas Yesterday #1

Yes, the Grifter-in-Chief Is on the Job! MineralMan Yesterday #2

And then iran closed it again? It's a grift. Srkdqltr Yesterday #3

A mouth like Trump's... Kid Berwyn Yesterday #4

Day traders are catching on to this pattern jmbar2 Yesterday #5

I'm lucky to have made 2% in my 401(k) this year before moving everything in it to a money-market fund over a month ago. Crowman2009 Yesterday #7

Good choice jmbar2 Yesterday #9

How about the Gays of Hormuz? generalbetrayus Yesterday #6

And you think it's hard for the big boats to get around the kinks in Hormuz? erronis Yesterday #10

... 2naSalit Yesterday #8

Not unusual at all. SergeStorms Yesterday #11

TY, Swede.. Cha 21 hrs ago #12

It's the sheer size of this particular grift that caught attention. $750 million, what was the payoff? Swede 20 hrs ago #13

Oh you're Welcome... I knew it was Important... Cha 19 hrs ago #14