The only question here is who benefits from what Trump is doing. Someone somewhere is making a ton of money out of this crisis and it is clearly not anyone who isn't already a billionaire.
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Trop_Apr 13, 2026
+24
Trump attacked Iran. Iran retaliated by closing Hormuz. Flow of oll stopped, prices go up.
Trump lift the sanctions regarding oil sales for Russia. It's a huge win for Putin.
Also billions of dollars are spent on the war. Every missile, worth millions, will be replaced, that's a win for the militaro-industrial complex.
And also Trump manipulates the market with Truth social posts alternating doom themed messages and fake optimistic messages.
Billions of stocks are traded. Easy to make money if you know when the UP or DOWN posts will drop.
So the inner circle of DJT benefits.
Meanwhile hundreds of Iranians are killed and the world risks a recession the extent of 2008
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lafeberApr 13, 2026
+1
Short term they are profiting immensely from insider trading. But I feel long term his inner circle (Saudis, oil industry execs) will lose everything as people are extremely fed up with fossil fuels and are quickly moving towards EVs / heat pumps.
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conairthehairdryerApr 13, 2026
+3
Saudi can still get oil out through Yanbu while all other ME oil states cannot. Then look at Kushner and MBS.
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macrolidesruleApr 13, 2026
+2
US oil producers are making bank, selling into Europe the moment.
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OvertwoandahalfApr 13, 2026
+1
Defense contractors a.k.a. general dynamics, Raytheon
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Electrical_Face_1737Apr 13, 2026
+1
Those that knew before the weekend and adjusted their stocks
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precipicebladesApr 13, 2026
+25
Hmmm it almost sounds similar to this: …Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to…
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sf-ketoApr 13, 2026
+2
Dave Filoni, master predictive strategist?
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CupEcstatic2721Apr 13, 2026
+19
It looks like we are on the verge of a serious economic crisis
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Jerri_manApr 13, 2026
+10
Don't worry chum the markets aren't rational and they're being deliberately manipulated in broad daylight.
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sf-ketoApr 13, 2026
+4
Did you ever doubt that the Orange Pedo’s intent was to destroy the West for his idol, Vlad?
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shionemiApr 13, 2026
+4
It has always been exciting to wake up every day to read the news and see what new things the POTUS is taking every single time. I'd lose all the time if I put a bet on my guesses.
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planetarybumApr 13, 2026
+5
Monday, huh? So there's time to TACO just before it happens?
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IAmTheDownbeatApr 13, 2026
+1
Taco Tuesday, friend.
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blackpawedApr 13, 2026
+1
TACO Tuesday incoming.
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WangNutsApr 13, 2026
+1
Maybe trump should rename this piece of water to the "Gay of Hormuz" and then Iran won't want it.
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0x476c6f776965Apr 13, 2026
+5
Nah, their new leader Mojtaba will absolutely love for that to happen.
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NormalSocietyApr 13, 2026
+1
Please don't. Many gay people have been instrumental to our civilization.
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rajrohit26Apr 13, 2026
-2
How will Iran survive now ? Blockade means their food supplies will stop too I guess .
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W31337Apr 13, 2026
+1
They will send out a Zerg of drones and sink a US navy vessel to make a point. War isn’t like it used to be, everyone watching Ukraine, knows….
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CryHavocAUApr 13, 2026
+1
Drones against a defenseless super tanker is one thing. But a modern military vessel with its complement of point defense weapons is not going to struggle with even a swarm of slow moving drones. They were originally designed to stop a swarm of fast moving Soviet anti ship missiles moving at much higher speeds.
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