US-China trade truce lifeline

Beijing publicly indicated a willingness to live with a 30% tariff baseline to prevent a total collapse of trade negotiations… The Commerce Ministry is pushing for a formal extension of the Kuala Lumpur agreement before it expires in November… Plans …

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U.S. military ramps up massive prep for Iran strike two, refuelers park in Israel. Israel ramps alert to peak since Iran truce, U.S. Israeli forces lock strike prep for fast restart

Trump times Iran restart after Nvidia earnings clear, markets front-run oil price scramble… U.S. officials leak war signals to wires since Friday, Trump team masks true midweek restart plan… Newsflash, no it's not. More threats on social media by Trump, …

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Did trump quietly TACO?

US–IRAN TALKS HARDEN OVER NUCLEAR AND STRAIT OF HORMUZ Pakistan’s interior minister is in Tehran for new talks, according to Al Arabiya sources. The U.S. has intensified demands on Iran over its nuclear program and security in the Strait of …

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“It’s still early”

Bulls riding this exact setup straight into the meat grinder again. "It's still early" pic.twitter.com/YDQwyRVyNx — Macro Charts (@MacroCharts) May 19, 2026 In the year before the 3/24/2000 peak for the S&P, the top performing decile of stocks gained 439%, …

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NATO CONSIDERS HORMUZ DEPLOYMENT

NATO CONSIDERS HORMUZ DEPLOYMENT AS SHIPPING DISRUPTION PERSISTS NATO is discussing a potential mission to help secure passage through the Strait of Hormuz if the waterway remains blocked into July, though no consensus has yet been reached among allies. The …

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