It has reached that familiar moment where there is nothing meaningful left to bomb from the air, yet the treacherous regime is still firmly in place. We have seen this same plot play out many times before. Even though the first two or three levels of leadership have been killed, there are still plenty of hardliners waiting in the wings ready to step straight into those roles.

Trump now has two options. Either send in ground forces to try to destroy Iran's large military and hunt down whatever underground stores of rockets, missiles, drones and enriched uranium that remains, which would be massively costly, or do what he usually does, lie and declare total victory.

Expect the second option.

He will soon announce that all the key targets were destroyed, the Supreme Leader and his entire cabinet are dead, and the mission was a great success. But only half of that is true, with the untrue part being the more important piece of it. Then the US will quietly back out while pretending the job is finished.

Meanwhile the regime is still there, the 440 kilos of enriched uranium is still missing, and Iran will slowly rebuild whatever was damaged.

The bigger problem is that the war has already started choking the global economy. The Strait of Hormuz being effectively shut down is a deal breaker. Ships are too nervous to pass through while the fighting continues. Meanwhile oil has surged, inflation is climbing, US government debt keeps rising by a billion a day, and markets are wobbling.

That kind of economic pressure is exactly the sort of thing that usually triggers a classic Trump TACO moment.

So expect a very overblown victory speech from Trump very soon, followed by a very quick exit from a war that achieved little more than a temporary setback. Let’s face it, he has no choice but to chicken out... again.

So everyone is a fool but ME -- Thanks for your attention to this matter:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116196014942465383

37 minutes ago, Terrance8812 said:

Meanwhile the regime is still there, the 440 kilos of enriched uranium is still missing,

Perfect for making dirty bombs. Easy too.

He will drop the news on a Friday and then disappear to play golf with Putin and Epstein over the weekend.

BREAKING!!! BIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!

Just spoke with our GREAT generals and military leaders. The operation in Iran was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL SUCCESS. The targets were OBLITERATED, absolutely OBLITERATED. Many people are saying it was one of the most tremendous, precise and powerful military operations ever conducted anywhere in the world. Maybe THE most powerful. The fake news will never report it that way but everybody knows it is a tremendous win.

Iran’s leadership that was causing HUGE problems for the world is GONE. Completely. Their nuclear ambitions have been set back MANY YEARS. Decades. Maybe even forever. The damage is MASSIVE.

Our incredible pilots, fighters, sailors, soldiers, everybody involved, did an AMAZING job. The best military anywhere in the world, by far. Nobody even comes close. ZERO comparison. TOTAL DOMINANCE.

Because the mission was such a TREMENDOUS SUCCESS we are now bringing this phase of the operation to a close and our GREAT American warriors will be coming home. Peace through strength. We hit them HARD and they understand now.

Thank you to our amazing military and to all the GREAT patriots who support them.

GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

If I know my tacos, it will take another -1000 pt down day in the Dow for Trump to truly taco.

His manner of capitulation will be as it was the other day: call into a news outlet (maybe Jesse Watters or Maria Bartiromo of Fox this time) while the market is still open and claim "total and complete victory", plus announce he is removing all forces from the theater. He would go on to say, "Nobody thought we could do this well; many people are saying it's the greatest victory since I stopped the Rwandan Genocide in 1994".

As oil climbs back up, and prices of everything from filling the car to getting food on the shelves soars, Republicans in Congress will quietly get word to Trump that it looks as if they might lose their seat in November, if living costs keep rising and 401Ks keep falling.

Of the many fallouts from this war of choice, one of the most consequential might be a total shift in the US' view of Israel. Already the youth of the US (i.e., up and coming voters) has turned on Israel owing to the genocide in Gaza, but the reality that Netanyahu drew Trump and the US into this debacle could even resonate among senior Republicans and even the American Jewish community. Israel may be forced to dump Netanyahu (and prosecute him for his Trumpian-level corruption) in order to remain in the good graces of the American people.

As for Iran, its people will continue to suffer under the thumb of fanatical (and self-serving) theocrats, perhaps BECAUSE of the war. One wonders what could have been if Trump had kept the JCPOA and used it for what it was intended....as a basis for further negotiation with the aging mullahs, who may well have passed before passing leadership on to the next generation of hardliners. The wars and the sanctions led to the economic fallout within Iran that had the people rise up in massive protest, which then forced the government's brutal hand. Absent the fallout after the JCPOA was tossed and the sanctions imposed, the government might not have become so hardline against its own people, and instead slipped quietly into history. Instead, Trump and Netanyahu made them a cornered dog, and they fought back.

I don’t understand why republicans support Israel it just MAPA (makes America poorer again).

All that money pouring into Israel and nothing coming back

5 hours ago, Terrance8812 said:

Let’s face it, he has no choice but to chicken out... again.

I agree, but...

Will Iran also stop? Nothing has changed there. The same (or worse) hardliners are and will stay in power.

The lack of planning at the White House, which government officials reported shortly after the start of the war, appears to be continuing. Trump claims that Venezuelan oil could help curb inflation. The crude oil from the South American country is primarily heavy fuel oil, which can only be processed in certain specially equipped refineries. Production costs are therefore higher than for oil from the Middle East. The Strait of Hormuz primarily carries Saudi Arabian oil, which mainly produces light fuel oil.

Car users in the USA are paying noticeably more at the gas station. And that won't change.

Trump lost (again) from the beginning. And the taxpayers foot the bill.

I think Trump will declare victory, but Iran won’t stop until their terms are met.

• So a few months ago Millionss applauded to Trump when he posted: "The targets were OBLITERATED, absolutely OBLITERATED."

• And now they applaud as he talks about the ongoing destruction of the Iran nuclear program?

Who finds what is wrong here?

6 hours ago, Wingate said:

As oil climbs back up, and prices of everything from filling the car

Why did Biden insist on high gas prices? There was no war choking off 20% of global oil supply thru Hormuz?

The woke/islamo-fascist alliance still hurtling along at full throttle. Luckily for Iranians and peoples oppressed by authoritarian scumbag regimes Trump is holding the tiller, and hope for change & freedom is real.

Well maybe if after seeing this CNN breaking news alert for Kuwait, the Dept of WAR may consider toning it down a tad now that the Iran war machine is in ruins.

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DVxbv30kiC_/

1 hour ago, boganJoe said:

Why did Biden insist on high gas prices? There was no war choking off 20% of global oil supply thru Hormuz?

Lol! Biden did not cause global oil prices increase! 🤣

2 hours ago, boganJoe said:

Why did Biden insist on high gas prices? There was no war choking off 20% of global oil supply thru Hormuz?

Trying to tie in Biden?! Many people dont get propaganda from RT & FOX. Sorry.
Saudi & OPEC cut production in 2022 and again in 2023 to ramp up gasoline prices. This is the guy responsible.

Better luck tomorrow

2 hours ago, candide said:

Lol! Biden did not cause global oil prices increase! 🤣

No, just in America. "This was the highest nominal price ever recorded in the U.S".

Try google search, it's free and there's PROBABLY a section for dummies. ie. "google for dummies.

So, FYI:

Key Data from Reliable Sources (Primarily U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA)

• When Biden took office in January 2021, the national average price for regular gasoline was around $2.39–$2.46 per gallon (low due to lingering COVID-19 demand suppression).

• Prices rose sharply through 2021 and peaked in June 2022 at an all-time national average high of about $5.03–$5.07 per gallon (weekly peaks hit ~$5.11 in some reports).

• This was the highest nominal price ever recorded in the U.S.

• The full-term average under Biden (through late 2024/early 2025 data) was around $3.45–$3.60 per gallon — the highest average of any recent presidential term, surpassing Obama's first term ($3.07–$3.12) and well above Trump's term ($2.48 average).

• For comparison:

• 2021 average: ~$3.09

• 2022 average: ~$4.06 (the peak year)

• 2023: ~$3.63

• 2024: ~$3.43

• By late 2024/early 2025, prices fell below $3.00 in many periods (e.g., $2.98 in Dec 2024), the lowest since 2021

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?f=W&n=PET&s=EMM_EPM0_PTE_NUS_DPG

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/09/gas-prices-us-average-lowest-biden

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2023/03/08/average-gasoline-prices-under-the-past-four-presidents

1 hour ago, Dcheech said:

Trying to tie in Biden?! Many people dont get propaganda from RT & FOX. Sorry.
Saudi & OPEC cut production in 2022 and again in 2023 to ramp up gasoline prices. This is the guy responsible.

Better luck tomorrow

And yeah, and what did Trump do upon entering office? Told them all to increase output, yes? And instead of laughing in Bidens face when he begged Saudi for more oil just before the mid-terms, they listened to Trump.

Here, have a read. any questions, something you can't comprehend, just ask, maybe you'll get lucky and get a clue.

Trump's approach has emphasized "energy dominance" and deregulation to boost U.S. production and lower costs. Here's what has been highlighted:

• Deregulation and rolling back restrictions — On day one of his second term, Trump declared a national energy emergency, ended certain Biden-era bans (e.g., on LNG exports), and proposed slashing dozens of regulations seen as burdensome to oil/gas producers. This included fast-tracking permits, easing environmental rules, and creating bodies like the National Energy Dominance Council. Supporters argue this encouraged more domestic drilling ("Drill, baby, drill"), increased supply, and put downward pressure on prices by signaling U.S. production ramps.

• Promoting higher U.S. output and infrastructure — Policies aimed at unleashing production, building pipelines/infrastructure faster, and prioritizing fossil fuels over renewables. The administration claims this led to record or near-record output in some areas, contributing to lower global oil prices (e.g., crude down ~20% in parts of 2025–2026).

• Diplomatic pressure on OPEC/Saudi Arabia — In his first term (2017–2021), Trump claimed he "jawboned" Saudi Arabia and other producers to increase output and keep prices low (e.g., crediting this for 2018 drops). Similar tactics or alliances have been referenced in recent rhetoric.

• Other levers — Potential use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (though not heavily tapped recently for price control), waivers (e.g., Jones Act discussions for domestic shipping), and broader "America First" energy strategies to reduce reliance on foreign oil.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/gas-prices-hit-four-year-low-under-trump

https://cloud.house.gov/posts/lower-gas-prices-arent-luck-trumps-energy-policies-are-fueling-american-independence

https://www.energy.gov/state-american-energy-promises-made-promises-kept

Trump will declare some fictitious victory and what’s left of his foreign and domestic supporters will lap it up.

But chickening out and getting out are not the same thing.

Rubio has already told us, Trump attacked Iran because Israel were about to do so unilaterally.

Trump doesn’t have an exit strategy and can’t remove US participation while Netanyahu continues this illegal war.

There is no U.S. withdrawal on US terms, the tail is wagging the dog.

6 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

There is no U.S. withdrawal on US terms, the tail is wagging the dog.

And what a mongrel dog it is!

2 hours ago, Dcheech said:

Trying to tie in Biden?! Many people dont get propaganda from RT & FOX. Sorry.

You SHOULD be sorry for voting for Biden LOL. It's never too late to apologize and atone for your sins and poor judgement.

Remember this:

Or when Biden pleaded with Saudi to delay oil production cuts and they told him to pound sand, lol....

It went like this: The Biden administration (through senior officials in energy, foreign policy, and economic teams) lobbied Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ members intensively urging them not to proceed with cuts—or, specifically, to postpone/delay the decision by about one month.

A delay of one month would have pushed the production cut (and any resulting price impacts at U.S. gas pumps) after the November 2022 midterm elections, avoiding potential political damage from higher fuel costs right before voting.

Saudi Arabia rejected the request. They proceeded with the cut, viewing the U.S. plea as politically motivated rather than based on pure economic/market needs.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-defied-u-s-warnings-ahead-of-opec-production-cut-11665504230

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/13/biden-admin-asked-saudi-arabia-to-postpone-opec-cut-by-a-month-saudis-say.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/04/politics/white-house-lobby-opec-oil-production-cuts-gasoline-prices-midterms

5 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

The woke/islamo-fascist alliance still hurtling along at full throttle. Luckily for Iranians and peoples oppressed by authoritarian scumbag regimes Trump is holding the tiller, and hope for change & freedom is real.

Not much left for the scumbag Iranian regime as I see the reports this morning

7 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Not much left for the scumbag Iranian regime as I see the reports this morning

It’ll be over by Christmas!

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It’ll be over by Christmas!

A week or so is more likely

13 hours ago, Terrance8812 said:

It has reached that familiar moment where there is nothing meaningful left to bomb from the air, yet the treacherous regime is still firmly in place. We have seen this same plot play out many times before. Even though the first two or three levels of leadership have been killed, there are still plenty of hardliners waiting in the wings ready to step straight into those roles.

You cant have it both ways. As long as their are scumbags, there are bombs waiting.

4 hours ago, candide said:

Lol! Biden did not cause global oil prices increase! 🤣

Im sure he would have if there were some dirty $$ in it for himself and his family. And it would have been applauded like demented seals in a circus by the left.

1 hour ago, boganJoe said:

No, just in America. "This was the highest nominal price ever recorded in the U.S".

Try google search, it's free and there's PROBABLY a section for dummies. ie. "google for dummies.

So, FYI:

Key Data from Reliable Sources (Primarily U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA)

• When Biden took office in January 2021, the national average price for regular gasoline was around $2.39–$2.46 per gallon (low due to lingering COVID-19 demand suppression).

• Prices rose sharply through 2021 and peaked in June 2022 at an all-time national average high of about $5.03–$5.07 per gallon (weekly peaks hit ~$5.11 in some reports).

• This was the highest nominal price ever recorded in the U.S.

• The full-term average under Biden (through late 2024/early 2025 data) was around $3.45–$3.60 per gallon — the highest average of any recent presidential term, surpassing Obama's first term ($3.07–$3.12) and well above Trump's term ($2.48 average).

• For comparison:

• 2021 average: ~$3.09

• 2022 average: ~$4.06 (the peak year)

• 2023: ~$3.63

• 2024: ~$3.43

• By late 2024/early 2025, prices fell below $3.00 in many periods (e.g., $2.98 in Dec 2024), the lowest since 2021

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?f=W&n=PET&s=EMM_EPM0_PTE_NUS_DPG

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/09/gas-prices-us-average-lowest-biden

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2023/03/08/average-gasoline-prices-under-the-past-four-presidents

Lol! Oil prices are global. The prices of Brent, OPEC, and WTI have always been correlated.

There was exactly the same peak for Brent and OPEC crude, as for WTI crude, when economic activity restarted all over the world after the Covid pandemic. 😂

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil

https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/29

1 hour ago, boganJoe said:

Diplomatic pressure on OPEC/Saudi Arabia — In his first term (2017–2021), Trump claimed he "jawboned" Saudi Arabia and other producers to increase output and keep prices low (e.g., crediting this for 2018 drops). Similar tactics or alliances have been referenced in recent rhetoric.

And you believe what the Trump WH stated? 🤣

It's a lie. Oil prices increased under Trump 1.0 (until the Covid crisis in 2020).

35 minutes ago, boganJoe said:

You SHOULD be sorry for voting for Biden LOL. It's never too late to apologize and atone for your sins and poor judgement.

Remember this:

Or when Biden pleaded with Saudi to delay oil production cuts and they told him to pound sand, lol....

It went like this: The Biden administration (through senior officials in energy, foreign policy, and economic teams) lobbied Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ members intensively urging them not to proceed with cuts—or, specifically, to postpone/delay the decision by about one month.

A delay of one month would have pushed the production cut (and any resulting price impacts at U.S. gas pumps) after the November 2022 midterm elections, avoiding potential political damage from higher fuel costs right before voting.

Saudi Arabia rejected the request. They proceeded with the cut, viewing the U.S. plea as politically motivated rather than based on pure economic/market needs.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-defied-u-s-warnings-ahead-of-opec-production-cut-11665504230

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/13/biden-admin-asked-saudi-arabia-to-postpone-opec-cut-by-a-month-saudis-say.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/04/politics/white-house-lobby-opec-oil-production-cuts-gasoline-prices-midterms

Desperate deflection.

1 hour ago, boganJoe said:

• Deregulation and rolling back restrictions — On day one of his second term, Trump declared a national energy emergency, ended certain Biden-era bans (e.g., on LNG exports), and proposed slashing dozens of regulations seen as burdensome to oil/gas producers. This included fast-tracking permits, easing environmental rules, and creating bodies like the National Energy Dominance Council. Supporters argue this encouraged more domestic drilling ("Drill, baby, drill"), increased supply, and put downward pressure on prices by signaling U.S. production ramps.

• Promoting higher U.S. output and infrastructure — Policies aimed at unleashing production, building pipelines/infrastructure faster, and prioritizing fossil fuels over renewables. The administration claims this led to record or near-record output in some areas, contributing to lower global oil prices (e.g., crude down ~20% in parts of 2025–2026).

Lol! More propaganda from the Trump WH! Drill baby drill never happened, it was just a slogan for the gullible. 2025 production is increasing at a similar pace to 2024 production! 😂

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfpus2&f=m

here's more propaganda, the kind you love.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/trump-obama-bush-second-term

Trumps wants to TACO. But Iran has a vote. They want to make this a big fat wet burrito.