No alternative to talking peace IMHO to drive oil prices down stock markets up the election is on the horizon.
But President Trump ‘goes both ways’ on Iran.
His ‘peace’ talk means little in Gaza this weekend seven dead medical supply warehouse destroyed.
https://nextrushfree.blogspot.com/2026/08/nextrush-unplugged-weekendnewsdump.html
Somebody’s making money on this.
“No alternative to talking peace IMHO to drive oil prices down stock markets up the election is on the horizon.”
Any escalation means higher crude prices, which is why we’ve been pulling our punches for five months. This Administration is terrified of $5 regular at the pump.
“No alternative to talking peace IMHO to drive oil prices down stock markets up the election is on the horizon.”
except that Iran will “close” the Strait and attack a couple ships transiting the Strait tomorrow, while launching a few waves of drones and missiles at its neighbors ...
besides, Brent Crude has been $82-$87/barrel the whole month of July and gasoline prices haven’t budged ...
the only thing that can save Trump now is to decisively win this war by utterly destroying the IRGC and ALL of their war making capability BEFORE the midterms ... until then, gasoline prices will not come down ..