Trump calls off latest threats to strike Iran, citing a breakthrough in talks to end the war
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U.S. President Donald Trump has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war.
  • cmbabul@slrpnk.net
    28·
    12 days ago

    I’m just gonna keep saying this is market manipulation every time he says something like this and the news gets posted. This is market manipulation and nothing more.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      Yep. I was watching S&P yesterday and was not paying attention to news at all. I saw huuuuuuge jump around 11:20 and figured Pumkinhead announced something related and I’m pretty sure news broke of that right around then.

      What I cannot really figure out is now after months of this shit how people that are trading are not accounting for this nonsense already, but it seems the markets do still react to his blatherings.

      • cmbabul@slrpnk.net
        2·
        11 days ago

        That’s vexed me as well, the only thing I can come up with is that in their minds they assume that eventually it will be true and panic buy from fomo

    • aramis87@fedia.io
      17·
      12 days ago

      We bombed a civilian water supply (pretty sure that’s a war crime, not that they’ll care), they’ve completely shut the Strait, Trump threatened a massive strike threatening to seize some oil/infrastructure - best guess was Kharg Island. Now that’s off, again - at least not until he gets his late night drug fix and riled up by Fox.

      Hunh. You know how he keeps flip-flopping on what he’s planning to do? I wonder if that’s because there are different news/opinion hosts on the weekends.

    • Substance_P@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      7·
      12 days ago

      I think it’s related to trumps threat to seize Kharg Island and other Iran oil infrastructure. And on his TS post said “The U.S. military will attack Iran “VERY HARD” Thursday night”, this was after completing a round of airstrikes on Wednesday, including the water supplies.

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    11 days ago

    What a fucking goddamned idiot Trump is.

    Who is left that thinks this demented dipshit is anything but an old fucking lost man who has never lived a single day of his life without privilege and sychophantic ball filandering?

    His whole life. He’s never struggled. He’s never even tried, I bet. He’s just a piece of shit that convinced countless other pieces of shit to give up all their morals for him.

    We will forget Trump… But we won’t forget his supporters. Not ever.

    We. Will. Know. Never. Forget.