CIRCLE WITH A DOT

6:49am: sudden spike in oil futures trading. no news. no announcement. nothing public.7:05am: trump announces a pause on iran strikes. markets move.someone knew. 16 minutes early. $580 million in contracts. the corruption is staggering.

president trump has backed away from his self-imposed 48 hour deadline on iran. this is to be welcomed. if trumphad followed through it would have been a disaster for all sides. as of now, nothing else has changed.

@ianbremmer I think you'd be hard pressed to find a single cohort of US voters of any stripe who want to put boots on the ground in Iran.

iran’s military is getting hit hard.its asymmetric capabilities are not.@gzeromediahttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DV_4qU1AMC6/

congress debating trump’s iran war powers… after strikes already underway. as with previous administrations, odds congress actually takes responsibility for war powers are slim.https://www.npr.org/2026/03/02/g-s1-112092/iran-war-powers-congress-trump

north korea looking a lot smarter for developing nuclear weapons despite all the international opposition and pressure.