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blue-wave

(4,901 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 07:21 PM 8 hrs ago

Am I Crazy? Is the Iran war over?

Oil prices surged super high overnight. Oil prices just went way down this afternoon after Trump said the war will end "very soon."

Oh wait a minute. Now I get it! Who shorted the oil market?

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/trump-iran-war-end.html

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Am I Crazy? Is the Iran war over? (Original Post) blue-wave 8 hrs ago OP
just ask Trump Skittles 8 hrs ago #1
Great clip! blue-wave 8 hrs ago #4
It's great 👍 MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #8
I love that movie Skittles 7 hrs ago #11
Depends on one's definitions of "war", "over", and many other things OC375 8 hrs ago #2
No. Just market manipulation newdeal2 8 hrs ago #3
Yup. PR stunt to stop the market falling. DJ Synikus Makisimus 8 hrs ago #6
Hasn't the market learned PatSeg 7 hrs ago #12
Dupe PatSeg 7 hrs ago #13
Yes, it's more BS. Doodley 8 hrs ago #5
He ain't no John Lennon, that's for sure! BigmanPigman 7 hrs ago #7
Only 1 country gab13by13 7 hrs ago #9
Nuclear bombs. dalton99a 7 hrs ago #10
Almost sarisataka 7 hrs ago #14
And killed a bunch of people doing it. AllyCat 6 hrs ago #15
Really reminds of George Bush blue blues 5 hrs ago #16

blue-wave

(4,901 posts)
4. Great clip!
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 07:28 PM
8 hrs ago

I never watched the movie, but now I will. Lord knows I stocked up on enough popcorn to watch current events. Might as well laugh a little too.

newdeal2

(5,290 posts)
3. No. Just market manipulation
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 07:27 PM
8 hrs ago

But who knows. No clear objectives going in, so who knows when it's "done."

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(1,381 posts)
6. Yup. PR stunt to stop the market falling.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 07:44 PM
8 hrs ago

and halt the rise in the price of oil. The question is: how long will it take before the markets realize that the war isn't ending.

blue blues

(37 posts)
16. Really reminds of George Bush
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:15 PM
5 hrs ago

Standing on the aircraft carrier in military gear
Just his victory lap ...... so it will be another 20 years

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