My take: He wants "pauses" because he wants to resupply the strike group and/or wait for the Marine unit to transfer. I have my suspicions Iran isn't gonna fall for this trick.
But, Trump being Trump, he'll probably do a suckerpunch attack today on the deadline.
Meanwhile, multiple Iranian sources have denied any talks taking place. At least with the US.
It will be a holy war for the Iranian regime so they will not back down. So unless Trump/US does back down it's safe to assume things are going to get far worse.
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And Brent futures are starting to climb up again fast.
Trump's post is either him freaking out of a Black Monday and/or losing military command, or it can be interpreted as market manipulation. But I don't think he is much in control anymore.
It’s as if he’s just options trading.
I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if he attacked those power plants this evening.
WITCH WILL CONTINUE
There are Crypto perpetual futures markets open all weekend but those are much smaller so it's unlikely they could make millions there.
