iran

#Kushner, #Witkoff & the Profitable #Business of “Peace”

When #Trump announced, last Friday, that Jared Kushner & Steven Witkoff, his special envoys for peace missions [🤯], would be returning to Pakistan over the weekend to resume peace talks with #Iran, it was taken as a sign that the #war might in fact be nearing an end. #Stocks closed at record highs & relief from rising #gas prices seemed in reach.

#kleptocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/magazine/kushner-witkoff-board-of-peace-iran.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Mobster #Trumpolini continues his blockade strangulation of #Iran as his only current viable option. https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/us-iran-war-blockade-deadlock-lebanon-israel-sudan-hunger #USFascism #IsraelFascism #AIart #cartoons

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completely unsurprising:

#Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with #Iran's newest peace plan

“They want to make a deal, I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House.

Asked about what he sees as the proposal’s shortcomings, Trump said, “They’re asking for things I can’t agree to.”

#IranWar #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-05-01-2026#0000019d-e476-d6f5-adbf-edfeb6c00000

Perhaps understandably Rachel Reeves is annoyed with the Tangerine Tyrant's 'folly' in the Middle East, not least as the IMF sees the UK as likely to be the worst hit (of all rich economies) by the fallout from the US/Israeli attacks on Iran, undermining her economic strategy (such as it is).

So, the right in the UK got us into the position where we are uniquely vulnerable to such a war, and then the right in the USA launches such a war.

The Right has f**ked us (again).

#politics #UK #Iran

#War in the #MiddleEast has upended the #world #economy, the #IMF said Tues, warning in a report that disruptions to #oil markets could slow growth, fuel #inflation & raise the possibility of a global #recession.

The sober message came after the #GlobalEconomy had largely weathered a #pandemic, #Russia’s war in #Ukraine & soaring inflation without tipping into a recession. But #Trump’s decision to initiate a war in #Iran has stopped the world economy in its tracks.

#FDT
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/business/iran-war-imf-economic-growth.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Despite spending nearly $1 trillion annually on defense, the U.S. is running low on key weapons after a month of conflict with Iran.

The rapid depletion raises questions about military readiness.
https://theconversation.com/can-the-nearly-1-trillion-a-year-us-military-really-be-depleting-key-weapons-in-iran-280986
#Iran #USPolitcs
https://theconversation.com/can-the-nearly-1-trillion-a-year-us-military-really-be-depleting-key-weapons-in-iran-280986

With friends like these…

#Trump is withdrawing 5k troops from #Germany

The #US is withdrawing 5k ​troops from Germany, the ‌#Pentagon announced Friday, in a rebuke to the close ​#NATO ally amid a ⁠widening rift between Trump & #Europe ​over the #Iran #war.

Trump had threatened a drawdown in forces ​earlier this week ​after sparring with German Chancellor Friedrich ‌#Merz, ⁠who said the Iranians were humiliating the US in talks ​to ​end ⁠the 2-month-old war.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-withdrawing-5000-troops-germany-us-officials-say-2026-05-01/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

US Treasury Sec Bessent says #China has been ‘an unreliable partner by hoarding oil’ during #Iran war …

Pretty every country including USA has an oil reserve. What a bizarre remark.

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260415/us-treasurys-bessent-says-china-has-been-unreliable-partner-by-hoarding-oil-during-war

Israeli Zionists tend to view as lesser beings, anyone who isn't Israeli Zionist (including Zionist non-Israelis and Non-Zionist or non-Jewish Israelis). Between Palestinians and Zionist Israelis, which is the lesser?
https://theconversation.com/dignity-and-resolve-francesca-albaneses-when-the-world-sleeps-humanises-palestinian-lives-280132
#Israel #Zionism #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine #Iran #Lebanon

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LA Times: California braces for uncertainty as last shipment of Persian Gulf oil arrives in Long Beach

"...The last California-bound oil tanker to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since war erupted is at the Port of Long Beach offloading its valuable cargo — 2 million barrels of crude destined to be transformed into gasoline, jet fuel and diesel.....In two weeks, the Hong Kong-flagged tanker will have fully unloaded at the Marathon Petroleum terminal and departed again for distant waters. After that, California must figure out how to replace some 200,000 barrels of oil a day that will no longer be arriving from the Persian Gulf. ..."

(paywall)
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-05-03/californias-last-oil-shipment

#inflation #war #Iran #IranWar

The Art of No Deal.

Inside the #Trump #SpiritAirlines Hail Mary #Fail

Winding down a major #US #airline is a complicated business. Doing so when a POTUS hints it could be saved adds an extra layer of complexity.

Wracked with financial trouble, Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy for the 2nd time in Aug 2025. Months later, Trump’s war with #Iran had driven up #EnergyCosts & made its financial position even more untenable, putting it on the brink of closure.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/03/politics/bailout-attempt-spirit-airlines-trump

The funding for Trump’s ballroom was torpedoed and the building will not go ahead.

Thoughts and prayers, Donny Boy.

#ballroom #MAGA #republicans #trump #politics #democrats #iran #war #Israel #middleeast #news #worldnews

#US #military denies claim that #Iran struck US naval vessel

#CENTCOM has denied claims from Iranian state media that a US vessel was struck by Iranian missiles near the #StraitOfHormuz.

“No US Navy ships have been struck,” CENTCOM posted on X.

State news agency IRNA had reported, citing a military statement, that “following a firm & rapid warning by its navy, the entry of what it described as US & Israeli enemy destroyers into the Strait of Hormuz was prevented.”

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/world/live-news/iran-war-hormuz-trump?post-id=cmor3fc5g00003b618wmyr02z

There is no #ceasefire, stop pretending there is.

#Iran warns #US the fight over #StraitOfHormuz hasn’t ‘begun yet’

#Trump warned Iranian forces would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if they targeted US ships.

Trump made similar threats before—including posting that “a whole civilization will die”—but this time, they were accompanied by military action. Trump posted Monday afternoon that the military “shot down” 7 Iranian boats in the strait.

#IranWar #WarMonger
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/world/live-news/iran-war-news

#Iran has hit far more #US military assets than reported [or admitted to by the #Trump admin], satellite images show

Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media & verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at US #military sites.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/

#Trump posted on social media that the war with #Iran could soon end & #oil & natural #gas shipments could restart. But that all depends on Iran accepting a reported agreement that Trump did not detail.

“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts,” Trump wrote.

#MarketManipulation

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-war-china-may-6-2026-3d061a90ccde095178d9b988d94d08f3

The Don "Lex Luthor" Trumpolini -

The quote is actually from Superman IV.

My latest cartoon ... #AIcartoons #AIart #USFascism #Iran #Palestine #Lebanon

Don now says he has all the cards.

https://aje.news/t7e6pf?update=4542621

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#Trump admin sows “confusion” as it tries to reopen #StraitOfHormuz [they just have no idea what they’re doing]

The Trump admin’s approach to the #IranWar over the past 24 hrs has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding & military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic.

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #US #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #MarketManipulation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-confusion-messaging-contradiction-20471bb90ad7abd6381a761fffeb8e96

#HouseRepublicans, you tiny wimpy nothings

Republican leaders pulled a resolution to halt the #IranWar that had been scheduled for a vote Thursday evening, after it became clear they just didn’t have enough votes to defeat it.

#TheRealSuckersAndLosers #Congress #USpol #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #law #WarPowers #NationalSecurity
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/iran-war-powers-trump-measure.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share

#US bears brunt of Israel’s missile defense, #Pentagon assessments show

The US military has depleted much of its inventory of advanced missile-defense interceptors after expending far more high-end munitions defending #Israel amid hostilities with #Iran than Israeli forces used themselves, according to #Defense Department assessments described to WaPo.

#Trump #TrumpsWar #IranWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #GovernmentSpending #GovernmentWaste #NationalSecurity #economy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/21/us-bears-brunt-israels-missile-defense-pentagon-assessments-show/

#Iran Says It Is Discussing Plan With #US to End Hostilities

The one-page proposal under review would open the #StraitOfHormuz & pause the fighting for 30 days, but differences remain over US demands on Iran’s #nuclear program.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/07/world/iran-trump-hormuz-peace-deal?smid=nytcore-ios-share

So much for the “ceasefire” talks going well. Not that I believe anything from this admin.

#US launches #strikes on #Iran after attacks on warships, military says

The “self-defense strikes” followed attacks on 3 US naval vessels, #CENTCOM said in a statement. None of the US warships were hit.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/us-forces-strike-military-facilities-in-iran?cid=ios_app

#US forces fired on & disabled 2 Iranian #oil tankers on Friday after exchanging fire with #Iran forces in the #StraitOfHormuz overnight. The #UAE, meanwhile, reported another Iranian missile & drone attack.

The attacks cast more doubt on a tenuous month-old “ceasefire” that the US has insisted is still in effect. The #Trump admin is awaiting an Iranian response to its latest proposal for a deal to end the #war, reopen the strait & roll back Iran’s #nuclear program.

https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-updates-05-08-2026

#GiftArticle

Brutally honest analysis of Trump’s failure in #Iran & its impact on the #US & #GlobalOrder from Robert Kagan

Checkmate in Iran

It’s hard to think of a time when the #UnitedStates suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored.

#Trump #failure #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #ForeverWars #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #NewWorldOrder
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/iran-war-trump-losing/687094/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxQsNAoumvTwglsKzbozefow

#Iran responds to #US #ceasefire proposal but #Trump rejects it as 'unacceptable'

Iran sent its response to the latest US ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators & wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, but Trump quickly rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” with no details.

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #IranWar #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-war-attack-may-10-2026-f8812db41837336d816efaea7bc1c44a