Donald Trump has again said that the US has “total control over the strait of Hormuz”, adding that Iran’s leadership was so hobbled by infighting that it was unclear who was in charge.

But the US president’s claim seemed questionable in the face of the seizure of two container ships by Iranian commandos and a US report warning it could take six months to clear the strait of mines.

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    It’s the end of the week. Time to stir up some instability for the insider trading.

    Monday things will start calming so the insiders can collect their profit.

    By Thursday Iran and darth Vader will team up again.

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      For all those keeping track at home, that say “who cares that Trump made some cash on the side”, remember that the Iranians are playing along to this game. They’re profiting off of this chaos too and only the regular people are getting screwed.

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        What? Iran isn’t profiting off anything. They’re hoping they can undo their pariah state status, and they might even be able to do it, but so far they haven’t actually gained anything.

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              They can profit from their own reaction to his chaos. They cue proxies to short markets before they initiate action to close the strait or even disagree with Trump. Proxies profit and remit funds via crypto.

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                I don’t think that’s realistic if the sanctions on them are even remotely worth their salt. Do you have a source for that?