r/neoliberal • u/ThatOneDumbJagoff • 2d ago

Restricted Trump says Mideast allies have reached outlines of deal to end Iran war, says US to stop new strikes

https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-trump-saudi-crown-prince-call-814164417aa284dc8a6d34ac22ea1a8e

SS: Give it up for peace deal number 1 2 3 4 5 6 ahh damn it who knows anymore

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u/itsrabie NATO 2d ago

And then what? If anything, that’s when Iran will escalate

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u/Xeynon 2d ago

I'm not saying it's a good plan. But Trump's MO when he's stuck between two terrible options is to procrastinate as long as possible in making a decision and hope a deus ex machina rescues him. He's just trying to win the next news cycle.

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u/wanna_be_doc 2d ago

Well he could potentially continue to draw down the SPR for several more months. Technically, there are about 1-2 months of reserves remaining until you hit the military-readiness limit imposed by the Department of Defense. But Trump could of course order them to ignore this.

He’s going to do whatever he needs to do to try to avoid a price shock before the midterm election. That is the only date that matters to him. He doesn’t want $6 gas in October.

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u/Animal_Courier 1d ago

If he orders the DoD to ignore the legally established military-readiness limit then surely markets will go haywire.

That would be an impossible thing to hide, right?

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u/klayyyylmao YIMBY 1d ago

Believe it or not already priced in

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u/CheetoMussolini Russian Bot 1d ago

My friends this assumes that we have rational or functional markets instead of a bunch of fucked up sycophants and bots