Presidential Lie Detectors Flashing Like Fish in the Sea Everywhere We Look Today
Today we got solid confirmation of every lie I called out in yesterday’s editorial.
Lies, lies everywhere. Today, it wasn’t new lies; it was multiple proofs of everything I called out as a lie yesterday.
The Iranian lie detector
First, Iran made it clear the president has been lying again:
Iran Secretary of the National Security Commission of the Parliament told Nour News … the right to enrich uranium, the complete lifting of sanctions, and the release of the country’s assets are non-negotiable red lines. Further he said that “Trump’s claim about the withdrawal of 400 kilograms of uranium from Iran is a “political bluff and a pure lie…. No uranium has left the country.”
Well, that sounds like another no-deal deal to me, given that the president has always said enrichment of uranium is his red line. It appears the Iranians didn’t “agree to the things they already agreed to,” which the president told us yesterday was the only thing that needed to happen for the war to end right away.
By the following day it became clear that the two sides were no closer to getting to the negotiating table, much less actually inking an agreement to end the war.
The well-oiled lie detector
And, so, oil went back up to reset for the next big TACO trade, as I all but promised it would. That was likely as intended by the president because the insiders did get their lucrative oil and stock bets placed in time to reap huge rewards:
Trading volume in U.S. crude-oil futures suddenly spiked early Wednesday in the hour before a media report sent prices tumbling—the latest in a pattern of suspicious activity in the market for oil futures that has emerged since the start of the conflict in Iran.
At around 4:50 a.m. Eastern time, Axios published a report, citing U.S. officials, that the White House believed the U.S. and Iran were nearing a deal on a one-page memorandum to end the fighting and set a framework for future talks toward a nuclear deal.
Beginning roughly one hour before the report hit the newswires, trading in front-month West Texas Intermediate crude-oil futures … suddenly spiked. Roughly 17,300 contracts with an estimated value of more than $1.7 billion changed hands during this time, with the bulk of activity occurring before 4:10 a.m. Eastern, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Trading volume spiked again shortly after the Axios report hit the newswires at around 4:50 a.m. Eastern.
Several oil-market experts told MarketWatch that the activity looked like somebody with advanced knowledge trading ahead of the report….
“This looks like a high volume of trading in the early morning, which is unusual,” Brew told MarketWatch.
Yet, strangely not unusual every time Trump makes a big threat then retreats like this, which is why I call these now routine market events TACO trades.
The Saudi lie detector
Then we have news today making it clear that the president did not call off Project Freedom because Iran was close to making a deal, as he had claimed yesterday morning, with Jesse Waters going so wild as to say it was because the president did not want to “embarrass” Iran with his hugely successful escort service just when a deal was about to be struck. Saudi Arabia stated today that the operation was paused because the Saudis closed all their air bases to the US in order to stop Project Freedom:
President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials….
The U.S. operation to force open the strait relied on an enormous fleet of aircraft to protect commercial ships from Iranian missiles and drones, making Saudi and Kuwaiti bases and airspace critical to its execution….
Trump surprised Gulf allies by announcing “Project Freedom” on social media Sunday afternoon, the officials said, angering leadership in Saudi Arabia. In response, the Kingdom informed the U.S. it would not allow the U.S. military to fly aircraft from Prince Sultan Airbase southeast of Riyadh or fly through Saudi airspace to support the effort, the officials said … forcing the president to pause Project Freedom in order to restore U.S. military access to the critical airspace.
That’s what happens when you enact major new war plans without consulting your allies first and do so right off their shores.
So, there was Saudi Arabia shutting the program down as one cause for stopping Project Freedom. Then there was the fact that only two volunteers (ships) for the masterful transit escort showed up anyway. And then there were none following Iran’s retaliatory attacks made on ships thereafter.
One report sounded like one of the two merchant ships that transited the gulf under military escort was hit by unfriendly fire, and another report noted only one of the ships as completing the journey; however a third report said both ships made it. The fog of war made worse by the only regime easily proven to lie more than the Iranians. Its sad when the Iranians rise as the standard-bearer of truth over America.
The intelligence lie detector
I noted yesterday, sarcastically of course, how fascinating it is that Iran keeps successfully attacking ships with a navy that Trump repeatedly claims has been completely destroyed and an air force that has been totally decimated. A US intelligence report somehow escaped the president’s amazing Epstain redaction team today and informed us all as to how that is:
A confidential CIA analysis delivered to administration policymakers this week concludes that Iran can survive the U.S. naval blockade for at least three to four months before facing more severe economic hardship, four people familiar with the document said, a finding that appears to raise new questions about President Donald Trump’s optimism on ending the war.
The analysis by the U.S. intelligence community, whose secret assessments on Iran have often been more sober than the administration’s public statements, also found that Tehran retains significant ballistic missile capabilities despite weeks of intense U.S. and Israeli bombardment, three of the people familiar with it said.
Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpiles of missiles, a U.S. official said. The official said there is evidence that the regime has been able to recover and reopen almost all of its underground storage facilities, repair some damaged missiles and even assemble some new missiles that were nearly complete when the war began.
So, air power almost “completely decimated” … except for that pesky seventy percent that remains. Now that actual intel has escaped into public domain, Trump went from saying “totally destroyed” to …
“Their missiles are mostly decimated, they have probably 18, 19 percent, but not a lot by comparison to what they had.”
No, 18-19% is about the number that have been destroyed, partially by being accurately and effectively deployed.
Three current and one former U.S. official confirmed the outlines of the intelligence analysis, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.
The victory lie detector
The president told us long ago that the war was already won; so, at least, we can comfort ourselves with the knowledge that the primary objectives have already been accomplished, right?
Citrinowicz, a former head of the Iran branch in Israeli military intelligence, said that even if the blockade lasted several months, it would not force the regime to bend to Washington’s demands. “The problem is they don’t think they need to capitulate,” he said.
In the end, he said, despite U.S.-Israeli military successes in Iran, the outcome still could be strategic failure.
“What started as a war supposedly aimed at toppling the regime and dismantling its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities,” Citrinowicz posted Wednesday on X, “may instead leave Iran’s regime stronger than before — empowered by sanctions relief, still retaining significant missile capabilities, continuing support for its proxies, and almost certainly preserving uranium enrichment on its own soil.’’
So, “Mission accomplished!”
Now, enjoy some good humor about all of these fishy lies and lunacy following the headlines below:
Economania (national & global economic collapse plus market news)
Traders point to suspicious activity in the oil market on Wednesday!
Quant model shows rally in stocks is approaching ‘manic’ level
Whirlpool says Iran war causing ‘recession-level industry decline.’ The shares are down 12%
Inflation Factors (too much money chasing too few goods due to weather, sanctions, tariffs, quarantines, etc.)
Diesel prices squeeze US farmers ‘barely getting by’ amid tariffs and drought
Hottest U.S. gas prices in years leave drivers feeling burned
Jet-Fuel Prices Are Spiking and Trump’s Advisers Are Worried
Wars & Rumors of War (including cyberwar, civil unrest and revolts)
U.S. intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump’s Hormuz blockade for months
Trump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies
Digital Dominance (AI threats, transhumanism, hacks & cyberattacks, etc.)
‘No one has done this in the wild’: study observes AI replicate itself
Political Pandemonium & Social Senescence (socio-political issues & events)
‘Money trauma’: slippery slope to a cashless society?
DOJ To Ask Supreme Court To Intervene In E. Jean Carroll’s Lawsuit Against Trump
A Pox Upon Us (the plagues, pandemics & health police of the 2020s)
Virus chaos in Europe as Hantavirus cases spread with ‘mask up’ warning issued
Plastic Is Building Up In Human Brains, And Junk Food May Be Making It Worse
Calamity, Catastrophe & Climate Craziness
Mississippi tornadoes damage 500 homes across five counties on Wednesday
Off-the-Beat News & Just Plain Offbeat News
Just one night without sleep can cause brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s disease, study reveals
