Global Events & Politics Überthread

[The Tariff King]

So Trump either has to destroy a country tonight or has to back down again making his threats even more empty.

More likely, some announcement of "progress on negotiations" for another extension

Man - I need to get on the thethe vacation plan

Get your stock purchases ready. Find obscure kalshi and polymarket bets related to Hormuz and Iran.

 

[The Tariff King]

Destroying a country’s civilian infrastructure seems like a moral failure and strategic disaster.

His hope is probably by destroying the infrastructure the people will rise against the IRG with no electricity, transit for good, and then he can come in and be the savior later on.