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News & Current Events Apr 21, 2026 at 8:17 PM

Trump extends ceasefire in Iran, citing 'seriously fractured' Iranian government

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Trump extends ceasefire in Iran, citing 'seriously fractured' Iranian government
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Trump extends ceasefire in Iran, citing 'seriously fractured' Iranian government
Trump's announcement came after an expected trip by Vice President JD Vance to Pakistan for a peace talks with Iranian officials was put on hold.

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MatioyrsIfo 22 hr ago +1700
It's Tuesday my friends.
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PaleInTexas 21 hr ago +407
🌮 🌯 🌮 🌯 🌮 🌯 🌮 🌯
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BAHatesToFly 21 hr ago +198
Oil prices were starting to rise today and the Dow was falling, so he needed to put out some meaningless positive-sounding news to manipulate the market.
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Visible_Handle_3770 21 hr ago +53
We'll see what happens because god knows the market doesn't always react in a reasonable manner, but this statement should be very negative for markets. The reason markets reacted positively to the ceasefire and negotiations (even tenuous and unsuccessful ones) is because it signaled a coming end to the conflict and resumption of traffic through the Strait. It didn't really matter much if the details took some weeks to iron out, the war, for the markets appeared to be over. Now, though, things have been put on hold indefinitely (or until Iran submits a 'unified proposal,' whatever that means). The blockade remains in place, Iran has not signaled any willingness to allow transit through the Strait while under blockade, so we appear to be not at an eventual solution, but an impasse, that should be a worse outcome for markets.
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TWIT_TWAT 17 hr ago +16
The market hasn’t reacted reasonably since…*checks watch*…too damn long.
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WaveWest2009 19 hr ago +6
yes.. a peace deal has been priced into the market or at least a peace talk. Now both events are "suspended" while straits still blocked causing higher oil price for longer, think the longer this drags on the worse it gets
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InNominePasta 20 hr ago +12
Oil prices are completely irrational. There is no progress on the strait being open again, yet this is somehow not driving prices higher and higher.
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PurpleReign123 18 hr ago +15
Brent and WTI futures prices are being “controlled”. You should see what’s being paid for physical oil in the Asian markets, which hardly gets reported. Physical prices, which reflects real cargos, are at a huge premium over the “paper” futures prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/21/world/real-oil-price-right-now/#:~:text=But%20these%20aren't%20normal,feel%20so%20ancillary%20any%20more.
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RaisedByWolves9 16 hr ago +3
Even the DOW makes no sense at all. America has spent 100s of billions and cut off a 5th of the worlds oil supply, yet the DOW is about the same as before the war started. How!?
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KickboxingMoose 16 hr ago +7
The market hasn't represented real financial health in over a decade. It is no longer bound by reality.
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royxsong 21 hr ago +84
You should know what will happen this Friday after market
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redyellowblue5031 21 hr ago +45
We’ll be right back to threatening to end their civilization if they don’t agree to the tremendous deal being offered. At some point though, he’ll get bored and move over to Cuba for our next excursion.
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Coyote65 21 hr ago +12
We had irl tacos for dinner last night and while I don't generally mind 2 nights of the same thing, I'll take a pass on trump branded TACOs, thanks.
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Hame_Impala 21 hr ago +11
Rinse and repeat while the economic pain continues.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 20 hr ago +7
Not for the elites it doesn't.
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ericthefred 21 hr ago +13
Indeed.
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VioletGardens-left 20 hr ago +5
Probably the greatest Taco yet Like man couldn't admit that the entire operation is absolutely stupid
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abolish_karma 18 hr ago +2
Trading Tuesday. The ONE good reason for Trump not to end the world in a nuclear holocaust. It would seriously diminish his crew's heist-like insider trading on official POTUS statements.
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pete_68 18 hr ago +2
Feliz Taco Dia!
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genreprank 17 hr ago +2
Bought the dip today and yesterday 🥳🌮🌮🌮🎉
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Stunted-Slime 21 hr ago +318
I don’t know whether it’s funny or scary with how utterly predictable this goof is
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Idiot_Savant_13 20 hr ago +82
He's rigging the odds, so people will keep betting. Bear in mind, a Trump sits on both "prediction market" boards.
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mosswitch 22 hr ago +287
I see it's Tuesday.
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iProXi 22 hr ago +335
As expected, TACO Tuesday
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s4nid 20 hr ago +62
Hahah this is from earlier today [Trump says he does not want to extend ceasefire with Iran](https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-does-not-want-extend-ceasefire-with-iran-2026-04-21/)
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babybirdingURgrandma 13 hr ago +3
Lovely head fake. My eyes almost twitched
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Rough_Common6857 21 hr ago +51
TACOS for all!
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Mammoth_Opposite_647 22 hr ago +93
Taco tuesday .
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AntitheistArchangel 20 hr ago +12
If this is truly how the war ends, then I hope it goes down as a historic strategic failure. Sure, Iraq was a shitshow, but at least Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld had a plan going in. We invaded, ousted Saddam, and tried to nation-build. They just didn’t have a plan for the day after, and the result was a forever war. Here, Trump, Hegseth, and seemingly Netanyahu didn’t even plan. They thought they could just drop a few bombs and call it a day. When that didn’t work, they had to repeatedly change their reason for the war. It was clearly about regime change, but it turned out that the regime was stronger than the supreme leader and a bunch of other officials. Frankly, I’m surprised Israel, who has much more experience dealing with Iran, went along with the plan. There were also plans to arm the Kurds and have them invade; that never got off the ground. Now, Trump wants out because he knows his war is unpopular, and in so doing, he has effectively surrendered to Iran. The Strait of Hormuz is *still* closed. Iran hasn’t done anything about its nuclear program. Iran’s leadership isn’t any less radical. The US genuinely didn’t accomplish any of its goals aside from bombing shit.
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rabidstoat 18 hr ago +8
Netanyahu had a plan. It was just, as other US officials pointed out, complete bullshit.
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InformalYesterday760 21 hr ago +42
At this point Trump is shadowboxing with these negotiations He promises a new deadline, ratchets up threats, and then walks it back again and again and again Can't believe Americans are so dumb they went with him twice
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Brief_Hospital_1766 20 hr ago +8
You haven't met many Americans, especially rural Americans. Unfortunately, the way their voting laws are set up gives the rural areas outsized power in all branches of government. Until that is fixed, they'll continue down the path to certain Idiocracy.
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greatthebob38 21 hr ago +10
The negotiations did happen before the war with Witkoff and Kushner. It failed because the both of them couldn't understand the concessions Iran was willing to make, or at least that what the Iranians claimed. That's why Iran keeps requesting for Vance instead of the other 2. Iran blames the failure of the initial talks on them.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 20 hr ago +5
So they're asking for a different idiot then, because Vance knows just as little about geopolitics as the Chuckle Brothers that came before him.
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Bored2001 19 hr ago +5
Iran probably thought that Vance would be at least smart enough to bring experts to the table. Iran was wrong about that.
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headbangershappyhour 18 hr ago +3
At least if Vance is in the negotiations and trump randomly kicks it, they get a nifty hostage that no one actually cares to negotiate the release of.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 20 hr ago +7
>*"...why did he start the war in the first place!"* Because, like his supporters, he is intensely ignorant. And that includes almost every subject. He can't even speak on 'business' in a serious manner because he's never been a businessman, or a real estate developer, or anything other than a rich toddler. He really might be the dumbest person to have ever lived and millions of Americans love that about him because it reflects them perfectly.
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guydud3bro 21 hr ago +5
Literally do nothing and wait. Once gas hits $5 and the stock market drops 10%, he will capitulate. Iran has all the cards at this point.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 20 hr ago +7
To be fair, the longer this goes on the better it is for America. If prices are still high for everything, especially gas, the midterms could see an actual flip of the Senate, too. Right now I don't think that will happen, but if the pain keeps on, then it's a possibility. And winning both the House and Senate might be the only shot America has at dealing with some of his corruption and crimes. I'm not holding my breath though, Americans have repeatedly shown their inability to recognise what is happening to their country and do something about it.
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Royal-Hunter3892 21 hr ago +118
Trump doesn't wants to fight a full blown war with Iran because it wants Iran to surrender without a fight . that's why trump keeps on extending the dates .
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Individual_Door_3251 19 hr ago +16
Highly unlikely Iran will surrender without a fight.  My guess is Trump will blink first especially if the Iranians can drag this insanity closer to midterm elections.
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TheJuggernaut043 20 hr ago +26
He doesn't have the money or support to do a full blow invasion of Iran like he wants. Next best thing to do is sit by the strait, and see where the cards fall.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 20 hr ago +25
They'll fall when inflation becomes unbearable for Americans. Meanwhile, Iranians will have it rougher, but they won't starve. China will make sure the IRGC has just enough money to stay in power.
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pppiddypants 19 hr ago +13
It won’t be Americans, the rest of the world can’t afford gas prices too.
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SomeBaldDude2013 19 hr ago +15
Trump doesn’t give a f*** about the world either lol 
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pppiddypants 19 hr ago +8
No, but the world can make a deal with Iran too.
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NordWitcher 15 hr ago +6
You can’t do a full blown invasion of Iran. You think Afghanistan is bad, Iran is worse. There’s mountains on all sides. They have nearly 70 million people. A full blown invasion is not feasible let alone possible. Another thing is that Iran still has a very loyal portion that’s anti American and supporting of the Mullahs. That would be worse for American soldiers with boots on the ground. No one wants to invade the country or would want to. 
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RJCHI 19 hr ago +10
That and it is actually true that there is a fractured government. Dumbass killed all the top leaders and now is suprised they can’t maintain controls during a ceasefire. He created the problem that he is now contending with
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drumrhyno 21 hr ago +35
Well that and the whole idea that starting a war without congressional approval is illegal here and most of what he has done can be considered war crimes by the international courts.... but yea, I'm SURE he doesn't want a war.
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TheBestHawksFan 20 hr ago +24
The war crimes thing doesn't matter because no American will ever be tried under those laws.
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drumrhyno 20 hr ago +13
As an american, we should absolutely be held to the same standard
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TheBestHawksFan 20 hr ago +12
Oh definitely. That's just not the reality we live in. That doesn't bother him at all.
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Johnny-Unitas 19 hr ago +3
America never signed onto the ICC and wouldn't acknowledge it in reality.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 20 hr ago +3
'Congressional approval' haha as if laws are still a thing in that country. Do you also believe Putin won his elections? 🤣
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phatpham1803 19 hr ago +3
Iran will fight till the last man goes down. They will never surrender
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Electrical_Iron_1161 22 hr ago +49
🌮TACO Tuesday 🌮
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BOPSurfcasting1 21 hr ago +21
Iran have not agreed to the ceasefire.
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PensiveinNJ 21 hr ago +17
TACO. Meanwhile transit remains halted.
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clipse270 21 hr ago +7
The market dropped too much today. He has to prop it up
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KrissyKrave 20 hr ago +8
“Hey were trying to stop them from getting a nuke” “Sir they don’t have that capability” “Hey we’re trying to topple their regime but also we’re going to indefinitely extend a ceasefire because their regime we are trying to destroy is fractured. But really we just want to pump and dump the economy and our voters are stupid”
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BOPSurfcasting1 20 hr ago +2
Yep Trump is trying to extend the ceasefire indefinitely but it's not in Iran's favour to do this while their ports are blocked, at some point they have to do something like threaten strikes on refineries in the region if blockade isn't lifted, then act if the blockade isn't lifted, because right now Iran is under siege while the US just kicks back waiting for Iran to fold.
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ShockaZuluu 21 hr ago +14
Almost as fractured as his cerebellum
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Time-Weekend-8611 22 hr ago +29
Bro is going to keep extending the deadline right up until he doesn't. Sooner or later something's going to push him over the edge. He's hanging on by a thread as it is.
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B16B0SS 21 hr ago +24
I do not see it that way He doesn't want a continued war. The plan was for Iran to capitulate but they are not. The extensions will keep happening until the problem resolves itself by other parties or is forgotten
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MountainMan17 20 hr ago +10
School shootings get forgotten. Insurrections get forgotten. High gas prices don't get forgotten. Donnie kicked the wrong hornets nest with this one...
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Time-Weekend-8611 21 hr ago +17
Well the problem is neither going to resolve itself not be forgotten while the US has ships in the area. And the only one who can order them back is Trump.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 20 hr ago +4
Not forgotten. He will simply take his ball and go home, declaring the entire thing the greatest victory in world history. And his lemmings will eat it up like manna from heaven.
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jjax2003 19 hr ago +2
But the world economy and gas prices will remain. He can't lie his way out of this. The proof is here to stay now.
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jtjstock 21 hr ago +11
This is his problem, iran has every reason to ensure severe pain comes from the closure of the strait. They do need to reopen it eventually to ensure alternative pipelines aren't built, but they have a long runway ahead before that becomes a real risk.
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Relative_Cricket8532 21 hr ago +7
Pipe lines take years to build lol and they can just drone it to take it out of action. If the strait remains closed for another month it's 100% recession time
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jtjstock 21 hr ago +7
The tankers not stuck in the strait are way out of position already, will take months for them to be in the right places again.
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Odd-Row9485 21 hr ago +6
They’re already sending war demands to Cuba. Iran is taking longer than he wants he may just leave
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Market_Monkey_ 21 hr ago +11
Bombs or no bombs the global economy cannot survive too many more weeks with the strait closed. Once that starts to happen the real pressure will be on, especially for Iran. Once economies start to tank, the gloves will come off.
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JaxStrumley 21 hr ago +13
The pressure will be on Trump more… he is to blame and the world knows it.
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foghillgal 21 hr ago +7
Trump started this shit , the pressure is on him .  Any pressure on Iran, bombs, whatever, will just make the crisis worse He’s walked straight into a shit show 
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JaxStrumley 21 hr ago +5
Those Americans will be dialed in again when the economic consequences reach them.
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AlexRescueDotCom 21 hr ago +7
Next Tuesday will be 60 days.
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teebird_phreak 21 hr ago +6
“We don’t know what we are doing and I have no idea how to get out of this and still making it look like a win” -Trump
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just_a_guy_named1681 17 hr ago +5
Mar 3: "We won the war." Mar 7: "We defeated Iran." Mar 9: "We must attack Iran." "The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully." Mar 12: "We did win, but we haven't won completely yet." Mar 13: "We won the war." Mar 14: "Please help us." Mar 15: "If you don't help us, I will certainly remember it." Mar 16: "Actually, we don't need any help at all." "I was just testing to see who's listening to me." "If NATO doesn't help, they will suffer something very bad." Mar 17: "We neither need nor want NATO's help." "I don't need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO." Mar 18: "Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz." Mar 19: "US allies need to get a grip -step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz" Mar 20: "NATO are cowards." Mar 21: "We don't use it, we don't need to open it." Mar 22: "This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours." "Iran is Dead" Mar 23: "We are giving them more time." Mar 24: "The war is nearing its end." Mar 25: "We are still negotiating." Mar 26: "Iran is begging for peace. They gave us a gift. We will give them more time." Mar 27: "Talks with iran are going very well" Mar 28: "War will be over soon" Mar 29: "Maybe we take Kharg island, maybe we dont" Mar 30: "Open the Strait or we will obliterate all energy infrastructure and oil wells" Mar 31: "We dont need the strait, we got plenty of oil. Get it yourself UK." April 1: "Iran wants a ceasefire" / "Strongly considering pulling out of NATO" / "There's no deal with Iran" April 3:"We can take their oil and make a fortune" April 5:"Open the fuckin strait you crazy bastards or youll be living in hell" April 6:"US could charge for strait of hormuz passage" April 7:"A whole civilization will die tonight" April 8:"Iran accepts ceasefire, the strait is opened" *strait closed* April 9:"NATO allies have days to reopen the strait" April 10:"Iran has no cards" April 11:"We're going to open up the strait" April 12:"US will blockade the strait" April 16:"I told NATO to stay away, they were useless" April 17:"Iran has agreed to never close the strait again" *iran closes the strait* April 18:"We might have to start dropping bombs again" April 19:"If iran doesnt sign the deal their whole country is going to get blown up"
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fx-hunt 21 hr ago +11
I’m sure that will go over well, oh wait. “The extension of the cease-fire by Donald Trump has no meaning. The losing side cannot set the terms” -Mahdi Mohammadi
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ferrets4ever 21 hr ago +5
High oil price funding Russia
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dusktreader 20 hr ago +4
\_checks day of week\_ Huh, interesting....
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mikebootz 19 hr ago +5
Based on my Trumpspeak translator, where every accusation is a confession, sounds like the Trump regime is seriously fractured
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wjames0394 19 hr ago +4
Stock market manipulation again.
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ForeverPrior2279 21 hr ago +12
If only my ex gave me so many chances like Trump did
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Saturn_winter 21 hr ago +13
Either shit or get off the pot, Donald.
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Adventurous_Bit1325 21 hr ago +10
He said until Iran submits a proposal to end the conflict permanently. The blockade by the US remains. I thought Iran has already submitted their proposal. Looks like the world economy is just going to have to suck it up cause I don’t see an end to this.
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Botucal 21 hr ago +8
The markets will rise because "yeah, more ceasefire!", but nothing will be resolved and the strait will remain closed.
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Thurak0 20 hr ago +7
The markets reacting to this shit is the reason it is going on. Oil and gas companies getting filthy rich and Trump & other insiders as well. Unfortunately the worldwide recession will hit most people, but not these rich fuckers.
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CatDogBoogie 21 hr ago +4
So which one of his corrupt circle placed bets before this threat announcements last weekend?
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crazynewf7 21 hr ago +4
🌮 🌮 🌮
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senshi_of_love 21 hr ago +3
Right on schedule. Joke of a man. Taco Tuesday. See you all next week!
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CTPeachhead 20 hr ago +4
Trump not only TACOed, he basically surrendered. He extended the ceasefire until "negotiations are complete". All Iran has to do is keep moving the goalpost and Trump told Iran the world we won't do shit. Iran can keep the Strait of Hormuz closed. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad hostilities are over. But jeez, Trump is so incompetant.
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QuirkyWish3081 20 hr ago +5
Anyone got the feeling Trump has finally lost the dressing room? His team locked him out of the situation room and now this. Seems like he’s no longer calling the shots.
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swizzcheez 20 hr ago +3
> Trump said the ceasefire would continue “until such time as” Iran’s leaders and representatives submit a “unified proposal” to end the war with the U.S. and Israel. Iran just needs to not send a proposal? 
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SupersonicSpitfire 20 hr ago +4
Making money. Distracting from Epstein. Flooding the zone.
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wingfan1469 20 hr ago +3
Pretty smart of them to fracture their government so that they could buy themselves more time. p.s. don’t forget to place your polymarket bets on Friday morning .
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foomadelica 19 hr ago +5
I blew up a load of their guys and now I don't know who I'm dealing with. Art of the deal!
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Afgb89 18 hr ago +3
TACO TUESDAY!!!!
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OkArm8581 18 hr ago +4
Does anyone still believes anything this guy says?
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swedishplayer97 22 hr ago +14
This time I thought maybe he wouldn't TACO and actually recommence bombing, just to tell folks he doesn't chicken out. Woe is me, I guess.
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HarpCanBall 20 hr ago +7
friendly reminder that this entire conflict is an existence only because Donald Trump is in the Epstein files
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BOPSurfcasting1 20 hr ago +3
Thanks for the reminder, I forgot about that. Now for a little peek into those files..... From Epstein's 50th birthday book: “We have certain things in common, Jeffrey. Enigma's never age, have you noticed that?, may everyday be a wonderful secret" - Donald Trump
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HARRYSH0ULDERS 20 hr ago +3
Can we, as a collective Global society vote on firing Trump...into the sun.
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boot2skull 20 hr ago +3
Yes. *Iran’s* fractured government. Are they alcoholics too? Is this our cue to sell or buy crude?
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Photeus5 20 hr ago +3
You can literally ignore everything Trump says about Iran and you are better informed.
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YungJuiceBox489 19 hr ago +3
I didn’t even realize it was Tuesday until I read this TACO
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Adorable-Fly7784 19 hr ago +3
I am so sick of this. What a joke. All of it.
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Mike-SBA 18 hr ago +3
And six months later we’ll still be waiting for a decision !
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williamgman 18 hr ago +3
It's. TACO. Tuesday!
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susanrez 16 hr ago +3
FFS The U.S. is low on bombs. Trump has literally been told he can’t run another massive bombing campaign until supplies are replenished. All he can do is bluster and threaten and occasionally shoot one or two targets but that’s it. His hands are tied. Iran knows this, that’s why they don’t care how much Trump threatens.
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Coyote65 21 hr ago +6
The president reminds me of a bit Robin Williams had in the 80s about Muammar Gaddafii (paraphrased): Muammar draws a line in the Mediterranean north of Libya: "You cross this line, *you die*!" Muammar draws a line closer to Libya: "You cross this line, *you die*!" Muammar draws a line even closer to Libya: "You cross this line, *you die!*" Muammar ends with: "Fine. If you come to my house, *I'm not opening the door*." 9hr later edit - Found it: https://youtu.be/F_wWCP2HJWs?si=8R30YHEfACvjCY3I&t=35
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UsusMeditando 21 hr ago +2
Disappointed. He didn’t even wait two weeks. But at least it’s a Tuesday.
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BOPSurfcasting1 21 hr ago +2
Donald 'Pump and Dump' Trump
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Jugaimo 20 hr ago +2
I wonder if Trump plans on just repeating this every week for the rest of his term?
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Important_Fruit 20 hr ago +2
Was this the same fractured government which agreed to just about all Trump's demands 2 days ago.
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claisen33 20 hr ago +2
There’s always an excuse.
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mpsteidle 20 hr ago +2
Well if they wanted a regime change it sounds like they got it.  Nobody seems to know who's in charge.
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jjax2003 18 hr ago +2
A regime is not dismantled by taking out a leader. There are thousands more to come. The regime will outlive trump and many other presidents.
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DevilsAdvocateOWO 20 hr ago +2
Now we wait for after the markets close Friday to see if he’s serious
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Massive_Reaction8845 20 hr ago +2
Trump's keeps killing all the wood be negotiators.
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Battle44Sis 19 hr ago +2
Or in other words Iran said no to him & that all he can do. And he said 2 weeks ago we had won & now he once again extending the crease fire .
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Kc4shore65 19 hr ago +2
Reaching for nuke cokes on Saturday. TACO on Tuesday. This timeline is nauseating
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Sky_Zaddy 19 hr ago +2
Wasn't that the point?
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jon_targareyan 19 hr ago +2
And that wasn’t the case 2 weeks ago? These guys are not even trying to come up with good excuses now
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DrStrangelove2025 18 hr ago +2
How could anyone have foreseen that a decapitation strike during peace talks would lead to fragmentation.
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Trid1977 16 hr ago +2
More stock market manipulation
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JealousChip8469 21 hr ago +2
p****
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BOPSurfcasting1 21 hr ago +2
When Iran launches strikes he'll say that they broke the ceasefire......that they didn't agree to.
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BOPSurfcasting1 20 hr ago +2
You're going to see a lot of extended ceasefires as Trump tries to buy time to give the blockage of Iran's ports time to take effect on the country, this is an attempt to get leverage at the negotiation table. Iran must launch a limited strike to break the extended ceasefire that Trump agreed with himself to extend without informing the Iranians.
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Stockengineer 20 hr ago +2
US prob can hold out, the rest of the world... maybe not so much
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chickenery 20 hr ago +1
Good thing we managed to bomb a little girls’ school, killing 200 little girls. All part of God’s plan! 
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Environmental-Net286 22 hr ago +2
F****** idiot. Seems like the war is essentially over.
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Visible_Handle_3770 21 hr ago +24
It's been clear for weeks now that Trump has zero appetite for continuing the war. He knows the US would need to put boots on the ground to have a good chance of achieving objectives and also knows that option is unpalatable, even to his supporters. So, what we've seen the past few weeks is bluster and brinksmanship to try to at least get some concessions from Iran in order to sell the attack as anything other than a pointless debacle, but at the end of the day, these threats were unlikely to ever be backed by action. This whole mess is an embarrassment, and has done serious and likely irreparable damage to US soft power and influence that took decades to build, and what's worse, anyone familiar with Iran could have told you this is exactly how things would play out.
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rabidstoat 18 hr ago +3
He never should've pushed so hard about the uranium. Weeks ago, he should've said that the US achieved its objectives of greatly diminishing Iran's ballistic missile stockpile and destroying its navy and keeping them from further enriching uranium. Then, he could've declared victory and withdrawn before the Strait was closed.
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Emergency_Bike6274 21 hr ago +5
US soft power has been dropping further in the toilet since 2016 aside from a brief plateau through 2021-2025.
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richarm87 21 hr ago +5
Yes... he keeps threatening mass casualties in hopes ls Iran will fold. They will not fold... so you keep pushing this "ceasefire" until it falls out of the news cycle. Countries likely pay tolls until someone else works with all countries to make a new deal with Iran. To remove tolls and disarm nuclear capabilities.
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chillouthomes 22 hr ago +1
shocking.
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redd1618 21 hr ago +1
what a beautiful deal - we won by keeping the SOH closed. No cards, no plan, boneless
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macrolidesrule 21 hr ago +1
saytheline.jpg
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drinkduffdry 21 hr ago +1
Much like the movie money pit, it's always two weeks.
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Ehzaar 21 hr ago +1
He misspelled us government
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Fearless_Ad_5470 21 hr ago +1
Only Iran?😅
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A2ndRedditAccount 21 hr ago +1
Y’all are silly. This isn’t the US surrendering! It’s simply a plea for a perpetual ceasefire!
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drumrhyno 21 hr ago +1
"Their regime is so decimated from our initial, unprovoked attack that we'd like to hold off until there is a a NEW regime that we can then decimate."
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McMacHack 21 hr ago +1
Gotta get those trades in
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Ecstatic_Wasabi_5166 21 hr ago +1
The actual story here is the lack of detail about what 'seriously fractured' means in the context of the Iranian government.
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OrangeJr36 20 hr ago +1
Lads, its Tuesday
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Mysterious-Prompt212 20 hr ago +1
The Seriously Fractured Government is Tramps
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jhepoy26 20 hr ago +1
SUPREME TACO
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ABob71 20 hr ago +1
The boy who cried "deal"
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CoryOpostrophe 20 hr ago +1
aws yeah we beat em to shit fellas.
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moose_drip 19 hr ago +1
Taco strikes again.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 19 hr ago +1
Trump has two options: 1. Up stakes and scurry home only to be known as **America's Biggest Loser** 2. Double down, invade the Iranian coast along with escorting tankers through the strait, all of which just means he will lose *even harder* IMO, he's morbidly obese already, so being known as the Biggest Loser would be the healthy choice
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thether 19 hr ago +1
F***, it’s only Tuesday?
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Broken_Reality 19 hr ago +1
"Seriously fractured government" I wonder why that could be? Maybe bombing and murdering a nation's leaders leads to the nation having a fractured leadership.... Remember when he said they were hoping to talk to people but weren't sure if they had murdered them yet? None of this should have happened. Trump and Bini threw the world in to economic turmoil for no good reason.
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Crabbyrob 19 hr ago +1
But I made nachos!
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DIABOLUS777 19 hr ago +1
I feel like having Tacos...
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Buckeye_Randy 18 hr ago +1
BUY oil futures on Thursday or early Friday wink wink nudge nudge...
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TheThirdStrike 18 hr ago +1
Everything he says is projection. I can't wait to see who stepped down tomorrow.
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loud-spider 17 hr ago +1
The Iranians decided not to turn up in Pakistan, so he wasn't left with a great deal of choice.
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zAIMBOTz 17 hr ago +1
Yeah no shit, killing most of their high-ranking government officials intentionally (looking at you Israel) on the first day of this “operation” will make it near impossible to have a semi-structured government you can negotiate with lol
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Chumlee1917 17 hr ago +1
*Trump surrenders and loses war he started 
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cleanuponaisle4 17 hr ago +1
TACO Tuesday
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Streetlgnd 16 hr ago +1
Just a Fries Supreme today please.
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CurvedTVGreen8788 16 hr ago +1
TACO TUESDAY!!! 🌮🌮🌮
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