Iran’s real power is oil and Trump just gave them every incentive to unleash it.

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Iran’s military cannot match U.S. and Israel, oil becomes key lever.

Mac10
@SuburbanDrone
This past week Trump killed Iran’s religious leader and then he told the Islamist regime that he is going to pick their next leader. That’s when he lost this war.

These people are not used car salesmen. They don’t “TACO” like Trump.

The key lever for Iran is the oil price:
https://barrons.com/articles/oil-crisis-hits-its-next-stage-100-now-in-sight-690ec02f?mod=past_editions
“Since it has no hope of matching the U.S. and Israel militarily, its only play is to spike oil prices as much as possible, in the hope that popular sentiment in the U.S. turns against this war.”

“In the early days of Russia’s attack against Ukraine, prices jumped to $127. Arguably, this war is more dangerous to the oil market than the Russian one. In 2022, Russian production kept flowing. This time, the taps are starting to be shut off.”

This week the AI trade imploded, but retail investors kept buying the dip:
https://wsj.com/finance/stocks/fresh-shocks-same-strategy-unfazed-retail-investors-keep-hitting-buy-e4dad76d?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeoUxk58BI_ONhcFmVWFv5XqDTBXYw9OSC_oRNakB0fil8jHtd29fnZopK8DzA%3D&gaa_ts=69ac3d9b&gaa_sig=Rg7tFq–21UVJbtAJ3OJCjXm98XOYjtHiAK9ycDtMV-3HFwxstC0HO08jCeHtHIEeD3D6GM05ipznuObNpe0Aw%3D%3D

Who is going to TACO next?

Retail gamblers.

Iran’s strategy is to implode investors.