President Trump will address the nation on Wednesday evening on the war in Iran, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Why it matters: Leavitt’s Tuesday evening announcement on X came soon after Trump told reporters at the White House that U.S. forces could leave the Middle East in “two or three weeks.”
The address is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET. The big picture: Oil prices have soared since American and Israeli forces first struck Iran on Feb. 28. AAA said Tuesday that U.S. average gas prices had hit $4 per gallon nationwide for the first time since 2022.
Driving the news: A reporter asked Trump in the Oval Office earlier Tuesday how he planned to bring oil prices down
“All I have to do is leave Iran, and we’ll be doing that very soon,” Trump said, predicting prices would come “tumbling down.” U.S. forces are “finishing the job,” he said, giving varying estimates from “two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer,” to “maybe three,” adding: “We knocked out tremendous amounts of missile making facilities.” Of note: Trump said Tehran didn’t have to make a deal with the U.S. in order for American forces to leave the region.
And he said securing the throttled Strait of Hormuz is “not for us — that’ll be for France,” Trump said. "That’ll be for whoever’s using the strait
And he said securing the throttled Strait of Hormuz is “not for us — that’ll be for France,” Trump said. "That’ll be for whoever’s using the strait
Shocking, I know, but I don’t think he knows how global markets work.
Also, just a fantastically on-brand “I shit in your punchbowl, sounds like a you problem” psychopath response.
The orange twat doesn’t know how a door works.
I disagree that he doesn’t know how the market works. His announcement that we’re pulling out will cause a market rally. Then he’ll sell whatever he’s holding, tank the market and buy back in at the bottom.
Rinse and repeat. It’s a money grab for him and his cronies.
Yup. This assfuck didn’t make 1.4+ billion in his first year because he’s some kind of genius.
Driving the news: A reporter asked Trump in the Oval Office earlier Tuesday how he planned to bring oil prices down
“All I have to do is leave Iran, and we’ll be doing that very soon,” Trump said, predicting prices would come “tumbling down.”
My god, what a fucking moron. Iran’s shutdown of the strait isn’t going to end if the U.S. leaves. They’re using it to boost oil prices, which directly benefits them. They’re setting up a toll system to profit from the shutdown. He’s smashed the hornets nest with a baseball bat, and thinks that if he stops hitting it, it will immediately return to the peaceful situation that was there before. High oil prices, and all of the economy-killing things that come with it, are here to stay for the foreseeable future.
So, what the fuck was this war even for?
Enrichment of the pedophile and the yahoo family and all their friends.
Next time someone says protestors don’t have a clear agenda, cite this war and all the people it killed including children.
What could he possibly say that is so important all news networks are broadcasting it?
It’s unlikely and dumb, but I can’t shake the feeling this’ll be a draft announcement, where the draft is really just a means to send dissenters to their deaths.
He’s gonna say some obvious lies to try and appease the market, which will work for no good reason, and then commence the ground invasion of Iran on Friday 4:30 PM
ESTEDT50/50 the portion of speech about the ballroom will be over 10 minutes.
It won’t be a draft. It will be:
“Due to My Excellent Leadership™©® we have Successfully Won the War (not war, because I’m not supposed to admit I circumvented Congress) We will be leaving in 2 weeks. Your gas prices aren’t high, and if they are it’s Bidens fault. Thank me now. I have directed Congress to build 38 gold statues of me in my honor and will be receiving the new Trump Trophy of Peace that is way better than some stupid Nobel that no one cares about.”
Your gas prices aren’t high, and if they are it’s Bidens fault.
I think the real creme de la creme of their bullshit about oil prices recently was hearing one of these choads - could have been that dickhead Kevin Hassett saying it while having that stupid grin on his face, but I don’t remember - saying people are only complaining about oil because of how good Donvict made things after the - repeat after me - the terrible, no good, just worstest economy evar that Biden gave us. 🙄
Probably that the war is only ongoing because Democrats are supporting Iran, blah blah blah, he has enormous hands, something about how Biden and Obama causing gas prices high because they are still President and then a dribble about how he pooped his pants or we will get an audible of him pooping his pants.
problem is folks like me will tune in to find out what fresh hell he has in store for us.
I wonder if the MAGA chuds will insist it’s an elaborate April Fool’s prank if he finally strokes out on air.
As far as I can tell Trump is in no position to end this. He can only admit defeat or negotiate on Irans terms, because by controlling global trade, they control the terms.
Also, afaik, oil prices should only just now start reacting materially to the previous month of events. The price shifts we’ve seen were preemptive. So buckle up ice vehicle drivers.
What we can see is that the war machine has moved a significant number of bombers and personal into the region. What exactly they hope to accomplish with this… Far less clear.
Iran can fairly easily mine the main channel of the straight. Mine clearing is a slow tedious exercise, and I’m not sure it’s ever been done under the threat of shahed before. Even if the US managed to both invade, and hold Kharg island, it’s own dubious speculation, it wouldn’t matter because you still couldn’t get the oil out of the straight.
Alternatively, if Iran is able to maintain production of missiles and drones, which isn’t clear right now, but suggest they can; if they can get material support to the Houthis, then there is a clear path to them winning this war.
Israel, fundamentally has the same flaws to it’s doctrine as the US. The highest of high tech, never commit troops until it’s basically a walk through rubble, battlefield omniscience, and total air supremacy. The key here, is that the Israeli aren’t willing to themselves due to support their military objectives.
If the US leaves the region, and Iran controls the Hormuz while the Houthis control the Bab al Mandeb… Israels supply lines are massively cut off. And I do think if you see the US leave the region, you see the GCC countries, maybe only one or two at first, capitulate to Iran as the new master of the region. Then it becomes a competition between Israel and Iran, and without the US supplying them, Israel is cooked.
He’s gonna suck off Netanyahu live on Fox News, with play-by-play calling by Snoop Dogg and Kid Rock
He’ll say something about pulling out to pump the market, then sell high and force another crash - the asshole is using this to continue to amass wealth.
